Mark 9:12 (KJV)

Passage

And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought.

Nearby Context

Mark 9:10 And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with another what the rising from the dead should mean.

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

Mark 9:12 And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought.

Mark 9:13 But I say unto you, That Elias is indeed come, and they have done unto him whatsoever they listed, as it is written of him.

Mark 9:14 And when he came to his disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and the scribes questioning with them.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "all things", "answered", "told", "elias", "verily", "cometh", "first", and "restoreth". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "all things" and "answered", 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 say..." into verse 13's "But I say unto you That Elias...", so "all things" and "answered" 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 "answered" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.