Mark 9:11

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.]

Cross References

Malachi 3:1

BEHOLD, I send My messenger, and he shall prepare the way before Me. And the Lord [the Messiah], Whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple; the Messenger or Angel of the covenant, Whom you desire, behold, He shall come, says the Lord of hosts. [Matt. 11:10; Luke 1:13-17, 76.]

Malachi 4:5

Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes. [Matt. 11:14; 17:10-13.]

Matthew 11:14

And if you are willing to receive and accept it, John himself is Elijah who was to come [before the kingdom]. [Mal. 4:5.]

Mark 9:10

So they carefully and faithfully kept the matter to themselves, questioning and disputing with one another about what rising from among the dead meant.

Mark 9:4

And Elijah appeared [there] to them, accompanied by Moses, and they were holding [a protracted] conversation with Jesus.