Mark 9:14 (WEB)

Passage

Coming to the disciples, he saw a great multitude around them, and scribes questioning them.

Nearby Context

Mark 9:12 He said to them, “Elijah indeed comes first, and restores all things. How is it written about the Son of Man, that he should suffer many things and be despised?

Mark 9:13 But I tell you that Elijah has come, and they have also done to him whatever they wanted to, even as it is written about him.”

Mark 9:14 Coming to the disciples, he saw a great multitude around them, and scribes questioning them.

Mark 9:15 Immediately all the multitude, when they saw him, were greatly amazed, and running to him, greeted him.

Mark 9:16 He asked the scribes, “What are you asking them?”

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "coming", "disciples", "great", "multitude", "around", "scribes", and "questioning". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "coming" and "disciples", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "But I tell you that Elijah has..." into verse 15's "Immediately all the multitude when they saw...", so "coming" and "disciples" 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 "coming" and "disciples" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.