Mark 9:11

11 And they asked Jesus, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”

Mark 9:11 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 9:11

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; (See Gill on Matthew 17:10).

Mark 9:11 In-Context

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

10 So they kept this matter to themselves, discussing what it meant to rise from the dead.

11 And they asked Jesus, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”

12 He replied, “Elijah does indeed come first, and he restores all things. Why then is it written that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected?

13 But I tell you that Elijah has indeed come, and they have done to him whatever they wished, just as it is written about him.”