"And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come?" — Mark 9:11

Mark 9:11 · KJV

“And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come?”

— Mark 9:11

And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with another what the rising from the dead should mean.

And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought.

Mark 9 — Context

And as they came down from the mountain, he charged them that they should tell no man what things they had seen, till the Son of man were risen from the dead.

And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with another what the rising from the dead should mean.

And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come?

And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought.

But I say unto you, That Elias is indeed come, and they have done unto him whatsoever they listed, as it is written of him.

Cross References

Malachi 4:5

Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:

Malachi 3:1

Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.

Matthew 11:14

And if ye will receive {it}, this is Elias, which was for to come.

Mark 9:4

And there appeared unto them Elias with Moses: and they were talking with Jesus.

Matthew 17:10-11

And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come?