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Mark 9:11

At length they started this question, why do the Scribes say, that Elias must first come?

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jesus, the Christ;   Prophecy;   Thompson Chain Reference - Instruction;   Reception-Rejection;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Elijah;   John the Baptist;   Type, Typology;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Elijah;   Malachi, Prophecies of;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Malachi;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Mark, the Gospel of;   Transfiguration, the;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Mark, Gospel According to;   Mss;   Transfiguration;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Boyhood of Jesus;   Discourse;   John the Baptist;   Nation (2);   Restitution;   Transfiguration (2);   Winter ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Transfiguration;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   Gospel;   Transfiguration;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Transfiguration, the;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Elijah;   Jesus Christ (Part 2 of 2);   Mark, the Gospel According to;   Transfiguration;   Virgin-Birth (of Jesus Christ);   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Christianity in Its Relation to Judaism;   New Testament;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then they asked him, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
King James Version (1611)
And they asked him, saying, Why say the Scribes that Elias must first come?
King James Version
And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come?
English Standard Version
And they asked him, "Why do the scribes say that first Elijah must come?"
New American Standard Bible
And they asked Him, saying, "Why is it that the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"
New Century Version
Then they asked Jesus, "Why do the teachers of the law say that Elijah must come first?"
Amplified Bible
They asked Him, saying, "Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first [before the Messiah comes]?"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
They asked Him, saying, "Why is it that the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"
Legacy Standard Bible
And they began asking Him, saying, "Why is it that the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"
Berean Standard Bible
And they asked Jesus, "Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"
Contemporary English Version
The disciples asked Jesus, "Don't the teachers of the Law of Moses say that Elijah must come before the Messiah does?"
Complete Jewish Bible
They also asked him, "Why do the Torah-teachers say that Eliyahu has to come first?"
Darby Translation
And they asked him saying, Why do the scribes say that Elias must first have come?
Easy-to-Read Version
They asked him, "Why do the teachers of the law say that Elijah must come first?"
Geneva Bible (1587)
Also they asked him, saying, Why say the Scribes, that Elias must first come?
George Lamsa Translation
And they asked him, saying, Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must first come?
Good News Translation
And they asked Jesus, "Why do the teachers of the Law say that Elijah has to come first?"
Lexham English Bible
And they asked him, saying, "Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"
Literal Translation
And they asked Him, saying, Do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?
American Standard Version
And they asked him, saying, How is it that the scribes say that Elijah must first come?
Bible in Basic English
And they put a question to him, saying, Why do the scribes say that Elijah has to come first?
Hebrew Names Version
They asked him, saying, "Why do the Sofrim say that Eliyah must come first?"
International Standard Version
So they asked him, "Don't the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"Malachi 4:5; Matthew 17:10;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
And they asked him, saying, How then say the Sophree that Elia must come before?
Murdock Translation
And they asked him, and said: Why then do the Scribes say, that Elijah must first come?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they asked hym, saying: Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come?
English Revised Version
And they asked him, saying, The scribes say that Elijah must first come.
World English Bible
They asked him, saying, "Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes, that Elijah must come first?
Weymouth's New Testament
They also asked Him, "How is it that the Scribes say that Elijah must first come?"
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thei axiden hym, and seiden, What thanne seien Farisees and scribis, for it bihoueth `Helie to come first.
Update Bible Version
And they asked him, saying, [How is it] that the scribes say that Elijah must first come?
Webster's Bible Translation
And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elijah must first come?
New English Translation
Then they asked him, "Why do the experts in the law say that Elijah must come first?"
New King James Version
And they asked Him, saying, "Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"
New Living Translation
Then they asked him, "Why do the teachers of religious law insist that Elijah must return before the Messiah comes?"
New Life Bible
They asked Jesus, "Why do the teachers of the Law say that Elijah must come first?"
New Revised Standard
Then they asked him, "Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And they began to question him, saying - The Scribes, say, that, Elijah, must needs come, first?
Douay-Rheims Bible
(9-10) And they asked him, saying: Why then do the Pharisees and scribes say that Elias must come first?
Revised Standard Version
And they asked him, "Why do the scribes say that first Eli'jah must come?"
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And they axed him sayinge: why then saye ye scribe that Helyas muste fyrste come?
Young's Literal Translation
And they were questioning him, saying, that the scribes say that Elijah it behoveth to come first.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And they axed him, and sayde: Why saye the scrybes then, that Elias must first come?
THE MESSAGE
Meanwhile they were asking, "Why do the religion scholars say that Elijah has to come first?"
Simplified Cowboy Version
The three cowboys questioned Jesus by asking him, "Why do the religious experts say Elijah has to come first?"

Contextual Overview

1 I declare unto you, said he, that some of you here present shall not die, till they see the kingdom of the Messiah usher'd in with power. 2 Six days after Jesus took Peter, James and John, and accompanied them up a high mountain in private; and was transfigured in their presence. 3 his raiment was of an exceeding bright whiteness, like that of snow, and such as no fuller upon earth could imitate. 4 Moses and Elias likewise appear'd, and were in conference with Jesus. 5 then Peter thus address'd himself to Jesus, master, it is proper for us to be here: let us make therefore three tabernacles, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elias. 6 for he knew not what he said, they were all so frightned. 7 then a cloud surrounded them, and a voice from the cloud, said, "this is my beloved son, hear him." 8 and instantly looking round about, they did not see any other person but Jesus with them. 9 as they were going down the mountain, he order'd them not to tell any body what they had seen, till the son of man was raised from the dead: 10 an expression which they dwelt upon, asking one another the meaning of "till he was raised from the dead."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Mark 9:4, Malachi 3:1, Malachi 4:5, Matthew 11:14, Matthew 17:10, Matthew 17:11

Reciprocal: Matthew 11:9 - A prophet Mark 8:28 - Elias Mark 15:35 - he Luke 1:17 - in Acts 3:21 - the times Revelation 20:4 - the souls

Cross-References

2 Peter 3:7
but the heavens and the earth now existing are kept in store by his Logos, reserv'd for the conflagration of doomsday, when the impious shall be involv'd in perdition.
2 Peter 3:11
Since then this whole system is to be destroyed, how holy should your conduct be, and how ardent your piety?

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they asked him, saying,.... Being put in mind of it, by seeing Elias on the mount, or else by what Christ had said concerning his resurrection, or both:

why say the Scribes, the Vulgate Latin adds, "and Pharisees",

that Elias must first come? before the Messiah comes, or before the setting up his kingdom in greater glory; :-.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Why say the scribes ... - See the notes at Matthew 17:10-13.


 
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