Marcos 9:12

12 Jesús contestó:

Marcos 9:12 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 9:12

And he answered, and told them
Allowing that their observation was right, and that this was the sense of the Scribes, and that there was something of truth in it, when rightly understood:

Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things:
(See Gill on Matthew 17:11);

and how it is written of the son of man, that he must suffer many
things, and be set at nought.
The sense of Christ is, that John the Baptist, whom he means by Elias, comes first, and restores all things: and among the rest of the things he sets right, this is one, and not of the least; namely, that he gives the true sense of such passages of the sacred writings, which related to the contemptuous usage, rejection, and sufferings of the Messiah; as that in these he was the Lamb of God typified in the sacrifices of the law, who by his sufferings and death takes away the sin, of the world; and therefore he exhorted and directed those to whom he ministered, to look unto him, and believe in him; see ( John 1:29 ) ( Acts 19:4 ) .

Marcos 9:12 In-Context

10 Así que guardaron el secreto, pero a menudo se preguntaban qué quería decir con «levantarse de los muertos».

11 Entonces le preguntaron:
—¿Por qué los maestros de la ley religiosa insisten en que Elías debe regresar antes de que venga el Mesías?

12 Jesús contestó:

13 Pero les digo, Elías ya vino, y ellos prefirieron maltratarlo, tal como lo predijeron las Escrituras.

14 Jesús sana a un muchacho endemoniado
Cuando regresaron adonde estaban los demás discípulos, vieron que los rodeaba una gran multitud y que algunos maestros de la ley religiosa discutían con ellos.