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Mark 9:13

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.

KJV

ἀλλὰ λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι καὶ Ἡλείας ἐλήλυθεν, καὶ ἐποίησαν αὐτῷ ὅσα ἤθελον, καθὼς γέγραπται ἐπ’ αὐτόν.

Greek NT

Et veniens ad discipulos suos, vidit turbam magnam circa eos, et scribas conquirentes cum illis.

Vulgate

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.

ASV

And coming to his disciples he saw a great multitude about them and the scribes disputing with them.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γράφω
grapho
verb · 192×
θέλω
thelo
verb · 208×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καθώς
kathos
adverb · 181×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
ποιέω
poieo
verb · 569×
ἀλλά
alla
conjunction · 636×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
Ἡλίας
elias
noun · 29×
ὅσος
osos
correlative · 108×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

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SBLGNT: ἤθελον | WH/Treg/NIV: ἤθελον | RP: ἠθέλησαν
  • ἤθελονSBLGNT
  • ἤθελονWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἠθέλησανRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

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

  • Matt 11:14 — And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come.
  • Matt 14:3 — For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife.
  • Matt 17:12 — But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them.