Mark 9:13

13 There's more to it: I tell you that Eliyahu has come, and they did whatever they pleased to him, just as the Tanakh says about him."

Mark 9:13 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 9:13

But I say unto you, that Elias is indeed come
Meaning John the Baptist, who in prophecy is designed by him.

And they have done unto him whatsoever they listed;
(See Gill on Matthew 17:12); which words should be read in a parenthesis, as they are in the Vulgate Latin version; for what follows, as

it is written of him,
respects not what the Scribes and Pharisees, and the people of the Jews did to John at their pleasure; despising his ministry and message, rejecting the counsel of God delivered by him, and remaining impenitent and unbelieving, notwithstanding his powerful and awakening ministry, with many other things, which are no where written of him; but the words regard his coming, and the prophecies concerning him, and particularly, that under the name of Elijah, in ( Malachi 4:5 ) and which had had their accomplishment.

Mark 9:13 In-Context

11 They also asked him, "Why do the Torah-teachers say that Eliyahu has to come first?"

12 "Eliyahu will indeed come first," he answered, "and he will restore everything. Nevertheless, why is it written in the Tanakh that the Son of Man must suffer much and be rejected?

13 There's more to it: I tell you that Eliyahu has come, and they did whatever they pleased to him, just as the Tanakh says about him."

14 When they got back to the talmidim, they saw a large crowd around them and some Torah-teachers arguing with them.

15 As soon as the crowd saw him, they were surprised and ran out to greet him.