Mark 9:11 And they asked him, "Why do the teachers of the law say that Elijah must come first?"

◄ Mark 9:11 ►

Parallel Verses

New International Version
And they asked him, "Why do the teachers of the law say that Elijah must come first?"

English Standard Version
And they asked him, “Why do the scribes say that first Elijah must come?”

New American Standard Bible
They asked Him, saying, "Why is it that the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then they began to question Him, "Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"

International Standard Version
So they asked him, "Don't the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"

American Standard Version
And they asked him, saying, How is it that the scribes say that Elijah must first come?

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they asked him, saying: Why then do the Pharisees and scribes say that Elias must come first?

Darby Bible Translation
And they asked him saying, Why do the scribes say that Elias must first have come?

Young's Literal Translation
And they were questioning him, saying, that the scribes say that Elijah it behoveth to come first.

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's 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.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

CHAPTER 9

Mr 9:1-13. Jesus Is Transfigured—Conversation about Elias. ( = Mt 16:28-17:13; Lu 9:27-36).

See on [1462]Lu 9:27-36.