Mark 9:11

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And they put a question to him, saying, Why do the scribes say that Elijah has to come first?

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Referenced Verses

  • Mal 4:5 : 5 See, I am sending you Elijah the prophet before the day of the Lord comes, that great day, greatly to be feared.
  • Mal 3:1 : 1 See, I am sending my servant, and he will make ready the way before me; and the Lord, whom you are looking for, will suddenly come to his Temple; and the angel of the agreement, in whom you have delight, see, he is coming, says the Lord of armies.
  • Matt 11:14 : 14 And if you are able to see it, this is Elijah who was to come.
  • Mark 9:4 : 4 And there came before them Elijah with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus.
  • Matt 17:10-11 : 10 And his disciples, questioning him, said, Why then do the scribes say that Elijah has to come first? 11 And in answer he said, Elijah truly has to come and put all things right:

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  • Matt 17:9-13
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    92%

    9And when they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus gave them orders, saying, Let no man have word of what you have seen, till the Son of man has come again from the dead.

    10And his disciples, questioning him, said, Why then do the scribes say that Elijah has to come first?

    11And in answer he said, Elijah truly has to come and put all things right:

    12But I say to you that Elijah has come, and they had no knowledge of him, but did to him whatever they were pleased to do; the same will the Son of man undergo at their hands.

    13Then the disciples saw that he was talking to them of John the Baptist.

  • Mark 9:12-14
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    12And he said to them, Truly, Elijah does come first, and puts all things in order; and how is it said in the Writings that the Son of man will go through much sorrow and be made as nothing?

    13But I say to you that Elijah has come, and they have done to him whatever they were pleased to do, even as the Writings say about him.

    14And when they came to the disciples, they saw a great mass of people about them, and scribes questioning them.

  • Luke 9:18-20
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    18And it came about that when he was in prayer, by himself, and the disciples were with him, he put a question to them, saying, Who do the people say I am?

    19And they, answering, said, John the Baptist; but others say Elijah; and others, that one of the old prophets has come back.

    20And he said, But who do you say that I am? And Peter, answering, said, The Christ of God.

  • Matt 11:14
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    14And if you are able to see it, this is Elijah who was to come.

  • Luke 9:8-9
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    8And by some, that Elijah had come; and by others, that one of the old prophets had come back to life.

    9And Herod said, I put John to death: but who is this, of whom such stories are given to me? And he had a desire to see him.

  • Mark 8:28
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    28And they made answer, John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; but others, One of the prophets.

  • Mark 9:9-10
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    9And while they were coming down from the mountain, he gave them orders not to give word to any man of the things they had seen, till the Son of man had come back from the dead.

    10And they kept the saying, questioning among themselves what the coming back from the dead might be.

  • Mark 9:16
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    16And he said, What are you questioning them about?

  • Mark 9:4
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    4And there came before them Elijah with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus.

  • Mark 6:15
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    15But others said, It is Elijah. And others said, It is a prophet, even like one of the prophets.

  • Matt 16:14
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    14And they said, Some say, John the Baptist; some, Elijah; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.

  • Matt 11:3-4
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    3To say to him, Are you he who is to come, or are we waiting for another?

    4And Jesus, answering, said to them, Go and give news to John of the things which you are seeing and hearing:

  • 2 Kgs 1:7-8
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    7And he said to them, What sort of a man was it who came and said these words to you?

    8And they said in answer, He was a man clothed in a coat of hair, with a leather band about his body. Then he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.

  • Matt 11:10
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    10This is he of whom it has been said, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way before you.

  • Mark 15:35
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    35And some of those who were near, hearing it, said, See, he is crying to Elijah.

  • John 1:21-23
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    21And they said to him, What then? Are you Elijah? And he said, I am not. Are you the prophet? And his answer was, I am not.

    22So they said to him, Who are you then? We have to give some answer to those who sent us. What have you to say about yourself?

    23He said, I am the voice of one crying in the waste land, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.

  • Luke 9:30
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    30And two men, Moses and Elijah, were talking with him;

  • Luke 7:19-20
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    19Then John sent two of his disciples to the Lord, saying, Are you he who is to come, or are we waiting for another?

    20And when the men came to him they said, John the Baptist has sent us to you, saying, Are you he who is to come, or are we waiting for another?

  • Luke 9:54
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    54And when his disciples, James and John, saw this, they said, Lord, may we send fire from heaven and put an end to them?

  • John 1:25
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    25And they put this question to him, saying, Why then are you giving baptism if you are not the Christ, or Elijah, or the prophet?

  • Mal 4:5
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    5See, I am sending you Elijah the prophet before the day of the Lord comes, that great day, greatly to be feared.

  • Matt 27:47
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    47And some of those who were near by, hearing it, said, This man is crying to Elijah.

  • John 3:26
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    26And they went to John and said to him, Rabbi, the man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan, the man to whom you gave witness, is now giving baptism, and everyone is going to him.

  • Mark 9:1
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    1And he said to them, Truly I say to you, There are some here who will have no taste of death till they see the kingdom of God come with power.

  • Mark 11:27
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    27And they came again to Jerusalem: and while he was walking in the Temple, there came to him the chief priests and the scribes and those in authority:

  • Luke 9:22
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    22Saying, The Son of man will undergo much and be put on one side by the rulers and the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and be put to death, and on the third day he will come back to life.

  • Matt 17:3
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    3And Moses and Elijah came before their eyes, talking with him.

  • Acts 1:6
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    6So, when they were together, they said to him, Lord, will you at this time give back the kingdom to Israel?

  • Luke 21:7
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    7And they said to him, Master, when will these things be? and what sign will there be when these events are to take place?

  • Luke 24:19
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    19And he said to them, What things? And they said, The things to do with Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet, great in his acts and his words, before God and all the people:

  • Matt 26:54
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    54But how then would the Writings come true, which say that so it has to be?

  • Luke 7:27
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    27This is he of whom it has been said, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way before you.

  • Luke 22:9
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    9And they said to him, Where are we to get it ready?

  • Matt 3:3
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    3For this is he of whom Isaiah the prophet said, The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight.

  • Matt 27:49
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    49And the rest said, Let him be; let us see if Elijah will come to his help.