And as they came down from the mountain, he charged them that they should tell no man what things they had seen, till the Son of man were risen from the dead.

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

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

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.

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.

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And as they were coming back down the mountain, He admonished and [a]expressly ordered them to tell no one what they had seen until the Son of Man should rise from among the dead.

10 So they carefully and faithfully kept the matter to themselves, questioning and disputing with one another about what rising from among the dead meant.

11 And they asked Him, Why do the scribes say that it is necessary for Elijah to come first?(A)

12 And He said to them, Elijah, it is true, does come first to restore all things and [b]set them to rights. And how is it written of the Son of Man that He will suffer many things and be utterly despised and be treated with contempt and rejected?(B)

13 But I tell you that Elijah has already come, and [people] did to him whatever they desired, as it is written of him.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 9:9 G. Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon.
  2. Mark 9:12 Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Holy Bible.

As they descended the mountainside he told them never to mention what they had seen until after he had risen[a] from the dead. 10 So they kept it to themselves, but often talked about it, and wondered what he meant by “rising from the dead.”

11 Now they began asking him about something the Jewish religious leaders often spoke of, that Elijah must return before the Messiah could come.[b] 12-13 Jesus agreed that Elijah must come first and prepare the way—and that he had, in fact, already come! And that he had been terribly mistreated, just as the prophets had predicted. Then Jesus asked them what the prophets could have been talking about when they predicted that the Messiah[c] would suffer and be treated with utter contempt.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 9:9 after he had risen, literally, “after the Son of Man had risen.”
  2. Mark 9:11 before the Messiah could come, implied.
  3. Mark 9:12 the Messiah, literally, “the Son of Man.”