11And they asked him, "Why do the teachers of the law say that Elijah must come first?"


In Context

8 Suddenly, when they looked around, they no longer saw anyone with them except Jesus.

9 As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus gave them orders not to tell anyone what they had seen until the Son of Man had risen from the dead.

10 They kept the matter to themselves, discussing what "rising from the dead" meant.

11 And they asked him, "Why do the teachers of the law say that Elijah must come first?"

12 Jesus replied, "To be sure, Elijah does come first, and restores all things. Why then is it written that the Son of Man must suffer much and be rejected?

13 But I tell you, Elijah has come, and they have done to him everything they wished, just as it is written about him."

Mark 9:11 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:11And they asked him, saying: Why then do the Pharisees and scribes say that Elias must come first?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:11And they asked him, saying, How is it that the scribes say that Elijah must first come?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:11And they asked him saying, Why do the scribes say that Elias must first have come?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:11And they asked him, saying, The scribes say that Elijah must first come.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:11And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elijah must first come?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:11They asked him, saying, |Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:11And they were questioning him, saying, that the scribes say that Elijah it behoveth to come first.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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