Mark 9:11

11 (9-10) And they asked him, saying: Why then do the Pharisees and scribes say that Elias 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 (9-8) And as they came down from the mountain, he charged them not to tell any man what things they had seen, till the Son of man shall be risen again from the dead.

10 (9-9) And they kept the word to themselves; questioning together what that should mean, when he shall be risen from the dead.

11 (9-10) And they asked him, saying: Why then do the Pharisees and scribes say that Elias must come first?

12 (9-11) Who answering, said to then: Elias, when he shall come first, shall restore all things; and as it is written of the Son of man that he must suffer many things and be despised.

13 (9-12) But I say to you that Elias also is come (and they have done to him whatsoever they would), as it is written of him.