Mark 9:10 (DRB)

Passage

And they asked him, saying: Why then do the Pharisees and scribes say that Elias must come first?

Nearby Context

Mark 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.

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

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

Mark 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.

Mark 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.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "asked", "saying", "pharisees", "scribes", "elias", "must", "come", and "first". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "asked" and "saying", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "And they kept the word to themselves..." into verse 11's "Who answering said to then Elias when...", so "asked" and "saying" 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 "asked" and "saying" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.