Mark 9:11

11 And they asked him, saying , Why say the scribes that Elias must first come ?

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 And as they came down from the mountain, he charged them that they should tell no man what things they had seen , till the Son of man were risen from the dead.

10 And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with another what the rising from the dead should mean .

11 And they asked him, saying , Why say the scribes that Elias must first come ?

12 And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought .

13 But I say unto you, That Elias is indeed come , and they have done unto him whatsoever they listed , as it is written of him.