Mark 9:11
And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come?
KJV
καὶ ἐπηρώτων αὐτὸν λέγοντες· ὅτι λέγουσιν οἱ Φαρισαῖοι καὶ οἱ γραμματεῖς ὅτι Ἡλείαν δεῖ ἐλθεῖν πρῶτον;
Greek NT
Qui respondens, ait illis : Elias cum venerit primo, restituet omnia : et quomodo scriptum est in Filium hominis, ut multa patiatur et contemnatur.
Vulgate
And they asked him, saying, How is it that the scribes say that Elijah must first come?
ASV
Who answering, said to then: Elias, when he shall come first, shall restore all things; and as it is written of the Son of man that he must suffer many things and be despised.
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In the original Greek
12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§649As for the Son, he effects his own Resurrection by virtue of his divine power. Jesus announces that the Son of man will have to suffer much, die, and then rise.516 Elsewhere he affirms explicitly: "I lay down my life, that I may take it again. . . I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again."517 "We believe that Jesus died and rose again."518
Cross-references
- Acts 3:21 — Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.
- Luke 1:17 — And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the L
- Mal 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,
- Mal 4:5 — Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:
- Mal 4:5 — Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:
- Mark 8:28 — And they answered, John the Baptist: but some say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets.
- Mark 9:4 — And there appeared unto them Elias with Moses: and they were talking with Jesus.
- Matt 11:9 — But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet.
- Matt 11:14 — And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come.
- Matt 11:14 — And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come.
- Matt 17:10 — And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come?
- Matt 17:10 — And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come?
- Rev 20:4 — And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worship