Mark 9:11

11 And they asked him, saying, "{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 And [as] they were coming down from the mountain, he ordered them that they should tell no one [the things] that they had seen, except when the Son of Man had risen from the dead.

10 And they kept the matter to themselves, discussing what this rising from the dead {meant}.

11 And they asked him, saying, "{Why do} the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"

12 And he said to them, "Elijah indeed does come first [and] restores all [things]. And how is it written concerning the Son of Man that he should suffer many [things] and be treated with contempt?

13 But I tell you that indeed Elijah has come, and they did to him whatever they wanted, just as it is written about him."

Footnotes

• [a] Literally "[what is it] that"