Mark 9:11 (GNV)

Passage

Also they asked him, saying, Why say the Scribes, that Elias must first come?

Nearby Context

Mark 9:9 And as they came downe from the mountaine, he charged them, that they should tell no man what they had seene, saue when the Sonne of man were risen from the dead againe.

Mark 9:10 So they kept that matter to themselues, and demaunded one of another, what the rising from the dead againe should meane?

Mark 9:11 Also they asked him, saying, Why say the Scribes, that Elias must first come?

Mark 9:12 And he answered, and said vnto them, Elias verely shall first come, and restore all things: and as it is written of the Sonne of man, hee must suffer many things, and be set at nought.

Mark 9:13 But I say vnto you, that Elias is come, (and they haue done vnto him whatsoeuer they would) as it is written of him.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "asked", "saying", "scribes", "elias", "must", "first", and "come". 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 10's "So they kept that matter to themselues..." into verse 12's "And he answered and said vnto them...", 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.