Mark 9:10-12

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¹⁰So they [carefully and faithfully] kept the matter to themselves, ^[a]discussing and questioning [with one another] what it meant to rise from the dead. ¹¹They asked Him, saying, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first [before the Messiah comes]?”^(A) ¹²He answered them, “Elijah does come first and restores and reestablishes all things. And yet how is it written of the Son of Man that He will suffer many things [grief and physical distress] and be treated with contempt [utterly despised and rejected]?^(B)

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Footnotes

Mark 9:10 The doctrine of the resurrection was a well-known teaching of the Pharisees, so much so that Paul, an educated man, used it to turn the religious leaders against themselves (Acts 23:6-10). The three fishermen were, however, familiar with some of the prophetic Scriptures, but were confused by Jesus’ statements regarding His death and resurrection.