Marcos 9:12

12 Y respondiendo él, les dijo: Elías a la verdad, vendrá primero y restituirá todas las cosas; y como está escrito del Hijo del hombre, que padezca mucho y sea tenido en nada.

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 Y retuvieron la palabra en sí, altercando qué sería aquello: Resucitar de los muertos.

11 Y le preguntaron, diciendo: ¿Qué es lo que los escribas dicen, que es necesario que Elías venga antes?

12 Y respondiendo él, les dijo: Elías a la verdad, vendrá primero y restituirá todas las cosas; y como está escrito del Hijo del hombre, que padezca mucho y sea tenido en nada.

13 Pero os digo que Elías ya vino, y le hicieron todo lo que quisieron, como está escrito de él.

14 Y como vino a los discípulos, vio gran multitud alrededor de ellos, y escribas que disputaban con ellos.