Mark 9:11 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And they asked Him, Why do the scribes say that it is necessary for Elijah to come first? [Mal. 4:5, 6.]

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

They asked Jesus, “Why do the legal experts say that Elijah must come first?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

And in response, he said to them: "Elijah, when he will arrive first, shall restore all things. And in the manner that it has been written about the Son of man, so must he suffer many things and be condemned.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Who answering, said to them: 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.

Mark 9:11 Cross References

Malachi 3:1

“Behold, I send my messenger to prepare the way before me, and the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts.

Malachi 4:5

“Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes.

Matthew 11:14

and if you are willing to accept it, he is Elijah who is to come.

Mark 9:10

So they kept the matter to themselves, questioning what the rising from the dead meant.

Mark 9:4

And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses; and they were talking to Jesus.