Mark 9:12 (DBY)

Passage

And he answering said to them, Elias indeed, having first come, restores all things; and how is it written of the Son of man that he must suffer much, and be set at nought:

Nearby Context

Mark 9:10 And they kept that saying, questioning among themselves, what rising from among [the] dead was.

Mark 9:11 And they asked him saying, Why do the scribes say that Elias must first have come?

Mark 9:12 And he answering said to them, Elias indeed, having first come, restores all things; and how is it written of the Son of man that he must suffer much, and be set at nought:

Mark 9:13 but I say unto you that Elias also is come, and they have done to him whatever they would, as it is written of him.

Mark 9:14 And when he came to the disciples he saw a great crowd around them, and scribes disputing against them.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "all things", "answering", "said", "elias", "indeed", "having", "first", and "come". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "all things" and "answering", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "And they asked him saying Why do..." into verse 13's "but I say unto you that Elias...", so "all things" and "answering" belong inside that flow. In Mark context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "all things" and "answering" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.