Mark 9:11

¶ And they asked him, saying, Why say the Scribes that Elias must first come?
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

They asked Him, saying, "{Why is it} that the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"
- New American Standard Version (1995)

And they asked him, saying, `How is it' that the scribes say that Elijah must first come?
- American Standard Version (1901)

And they put a question to him, saying, Why do the scribes say that Elijah has to come first?
- Basic English Bible

And they asked him saying, Why do the scribes say that Elias must first have come?
- Darby Bible

And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elijah must first come?
- Webster's Bible

They also asked Him, "How is it that the Scribes say that Elijah must first come?"
- Weymouth Bible

They asked him, saying, "Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"
- World English Bible

And he answeride, and seide to hem, Whanne Helie cometh, he schal first restore alle thingis; and as it is writun of mannus sone, that he suffre many thingis, and be dispisid.
- Wycliffe Bible

And they were questioning him, saying, that the scribes say that Elijah it behoveth to come first.
- Youngs Literal Bible

Wesley's Notes for Mark 9:11

9:12 Elijah verily coming first restoreth all things: and how it is written - That is, And he told them how it is written - As if he had said, Elijah's coming is not inconsistent with my suffering. He is come: yet I shall suffer. The first part of the verse answers their question concerning Elijah; the second refutes their error concerning the Messiah's continuing for ever.