Mark 9 · Verse 11

Mark 9:11

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

Mark 9:11 in other translations

BSBAnd they asked Jesus, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
WEBThey asked him, saying, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
ASVAnd they asked him, saying, How is it that the scribes say that Elijah must first come?
YLTAnd they were questioning him, saying, that the scribes say that Elijah it behoveth to come first.
DARBYAnd they asked him saying, Why do the scribes say that Elias must first have come?
BBEAnd they put a question to him, saying, Why do the scribes say that Elijah has to come first?
WebsterAnd they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elijah must first come?

What does Mark 9:11 mean?

Barnes' Notes
Verses 11-13. Why say the Scribes, etc. Mt 17:10 and Mt 17:11-13.

(x) "Elias" Mal 4:5

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Mark 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…

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Mark 9:11 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

καὶkaiAndG2532
ἐπηρώτωνepērōtōnthey were askingG1905
αὐτὸνautonHimG846
λέγοντες·legontessaying:G3004
ὅτιhotithatG3754
λέγουσινlegousinSayG3004
οἱhoitheG3588
γραμματεῖςgrammateisscribesG1122
ὅτιhotithatG3754
ἨλίανĒlianElijahG2243
δεῖdeiit behoovesG1163
ἐλθεῖνeltheinto comeG2064
πρῶτον;prōtonfirst?G4413

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Mark 9:11

  • 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? And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
4; Mal 3:1; 4:5; Mt 11:14; 17:10,11

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Mark 9:10

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

  • Mark 9:11

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

  • Mark 9:12

    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.

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Mark 9:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y le preguntaron, diciendo: ¿Qué es lo que los escribas dicen, que es necesario que Elías venga antes?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et ils l’interrogèrent, disant: Pourquoi les scribes disent-ils qu’il faut qu’Élie vienne premièrement?
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und sie fragten ihn und sprachen: Was sagen die Schriftgelehrten, daß Elias zuerst kommen müsse?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Qui respondens, ait illis: Elias cum venerit primo, restituet omnia: et quomodo scriptum est in Filium hominis, ut multa patiatur et contemnatur.