Mark 9:13
 Mark 9:13 
New International Version (©2011)
But I tell you, Elijah has come, and they have done to him everything they wished, just as it is written about him."

New Living Translation (©2007)
But I tell you, Elijah has already come, and they chose to abuse him, just as the Scriptures predicted."

English Standard Version (©2001)
But I tell you that Elijah has come, and they did to him whatever they pleased, as it is written of him.”

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"But I say to you that Elijah has indeed come, and they did to him whatever they wished, just as it is written of him."

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
But I tell you that Elijah really has come, and they did whatever they pleased to him, just as it is written about him."

International Standard Version (©2012)
But I tell you that Elijah has come, yet people treated him just as they pleased, as it is written about him."

NET Bible (©2006)
But I tell you that Elijah has certainly come, and they did to him whatever they wanted, just as it is written about him."

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
“But I say to you also that Elijah has come and they did to him everything whatever they wished, just as it is written about him.”

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Indeed, I can guarantee that Elijah has come. Yet, people treated him as they pleased, as Scripture says about him."

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
But I say unto you, That Elijah has indeed come, and they have done unto him whatsoever they desired, as it is written of him.

American King James Version
But I say to you, That Elias is indeed come, and they have done to him whatever they listed, as it is written of him.

American Standard Version
But I say unto you, that Elijah is come, and they have also done unto him whatsoever they would, even as it is written of him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But I say to you, that Elias also is come, (and they have done to him whatsoever they would,) as it is written of him.

Darby Bible Translation
but I say unto you that Elias also is come, and they have done to him whatever they would, as it is written of him.

English Revised Version
But I say unto you, that Elijah is come, and they have also done unto him whatsoever they listed, even as it is written of him.

Webster's Bible Translation
But I say to you, that Elijah is indeed come, and they have done to him whatever they pleased, as it is written concerning him.

Weymouth New Testament
Yet I tell you that not only has Elijah come, but they have also done to him whatever they chose, as the Scriptures say about him."

World English Bible
But I tell you that Elijah has come, and they have also done to him whatever they wanted to, even as it is written about him."

Young's Literal Translation
But I say to you, That also Elijah hath come, and they did to him what they willed, as it hath been written of him.'

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

9:1-13 Here is a prediction of the near approach Christ's kingdom. A glimpse of that kingdom was given in the transfiguration of Christ. It is good to be away from the world, and alone with Christ: and how good to be with Christ glorified in heaven with all the saints! But when it is well with us, we are apt not to care for others, and in the fulness of our enjoyments, we forget the many wants of our brethren. God owns Jesus, and accepts him as his beloved Son, and is ready to accept us in him. Therefore we must own and accept him as our beloved Saviour, and must give up ourselves to be ruled by him. Christ does not leave the soul, when joys and comforts leave it. Jesus explained to the disciples the prophecy about Elias. This was very suitable to the ill usage of John Baptist.


Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But I say unto you, that Elias is indeed come,.... Meaning John the Baptist, who in prophecy is designed by him.

And they have done unto him whatsoever they listed; See Gill on Matthew 17:12; which words should be read in a parenthesis, as they are in the Vulgate Latin version; for what follows, as

it is written of him, respects not what the Scribes and Pharisees, and the people of the Jews did to John at their pleasure; despising his ministry and message, rejecting the counsel of God delivered by him, and remaining impenitent and unbelieving, notwithstanding his powerful and awakening ministry, with many other things, which are no where written of him; but the words regard his coming, and the prophecies concerning him, and particularly, that under the name of Elijah, in Malachi 4:5 and which had had their accomplishment.


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The Transfiguration
11And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come? 12And he answered and told them, Elias truly comes first, and restores all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nothing. 13But I say to you, That Elias is indeed come, and they have done to him whatever they listed, as it is written of him.

Matthew 17:12 But I tell you, Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but have done to him everything they wished. In the same way the Son of Man is going to suffer at their hands."
Mark 9:12 Jesus replied, "To be sure, Elijah does come first, and restores all things. Why then is it written that the Son of Man must suffer much and be rejected?
Mark 9:14 When they came to the other disciples, they saw a large crowd around them and the teachers of the law arguing with them.