Mark 9:12 BSB — MannaFest

Mark 9:12

He replied, “Elijah does indeed come first, and he restores all things. Why then is it written that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected?

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And he said unto them, Elijah indeed cometh first, and restoreth all things: and how is it written of the Son of man, that he should suffer many things and be set at nought?

KJV

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.

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Commentary

5 voices

Theophylact of Ohrid

Commentary on Mark (1107)

Among the Jews there circulated a report that before the coming of Christ, Elijah would come. However, the Pharisees did not interpret what was written about Elijah as they should have, but maliciously distorted the meaning of the Scriptures, concealing the truth. For there are …

The record, by era

The Medieval Church1 voice

Bede

On the Gospel of Mark (735)

And how it is written of the Son of Man, that he must suffer many things and be despised. That is, just as many prophets have variously written many things about Christ's passion, so also Elias, when he comes, will suffer many things, being despised …

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Elijah verily coming first restoreth all things: and how it is written - That is, And he told them how it is written - As if he had said, Elijah's coming is not inconsistent with my suffering. He is come: yet I shall suffer. The first part of the verse answers their question concerning Elijah; the second refutes their error concerning the Messiah's continuing forever.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

And how it is written - Rather, as also it is written. Instead of και πως, And How it is written, I read καθως, As Also it is written of the Son of man, etc. This reading is supported by AKM, seventeen others, the later Syriac in the margin, Slavonic and Armenian. Some think the propriety of adopting this reading is self-evident.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Mark (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1857)

The connection of this passage with the end of the last chapter ought never to be overlooked. Our Lord had been speaking of His own coming death and passion — of the necessity of self-denial, if men would be His disciples — of the need of losing our lives, if we would have them saved. But in the same breath he goes on to speak of His future kingdom and glory. He takes off the edge of His "hard sayings," by promising a sight of that glory to some of those who heard Him.

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Original language & word study

23 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
δὲ	de	And	G1161 →
ἔφη	ephē	He was saying	G5346 →
αὐτοῖς·	autois	to them;	G846 →
Ἠλίας	Ēlias	Elijah	G2243 →
μὲν	men	indeed	G3303 →
ἐλθὼν	elthōn	having come	G2064 →
πρῶτον	prōton	first	G4413 →
ἀποκαθιστάνει	apokathistanei	restores	G600 →
πάντα·	panta	all things;	G3956 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
πῶς	pōs	how	G4459 →
γέγραπται	gegraptai	has it been written	G1125 →
ἐπὶ	epi	of	G1909 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
υἱὸν	huion	Son	G5207 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
ἀνθρώπου	anthrōpou	of Man	G444 →
ἵνα	ina	that	G2443 →
πολλὰ	polla	many things	G4183 →
πάθῃ	pathē	He may suffer	G3958 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐξουδενηθῇ.	exoudenēthēa	may be set at naught.	G1847 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 50:6
I offered My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who tore out My beard. I did not hide My face from scorn and spittle.
leads to
- Matthew 26:67
  Then they spit in His face and struck Him. Others slapped Him
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Mark 14:65
  Then some of them began to spit on Him. They blindfolded Him, struck Him with their fists, and said to Him, “Prophesy!” And the officers received Him with slaps in His face.
- Mark 15:19
  They kept striking His head with a staff and spitting on Him. And they knelt down and bowed before Him.
- Luke 22:63–64
  The men who were holding Jesus began to mock Him and beat Him.
- Matthew 27:30
  Then they spit on Him and took the staff and struck Him on the head repeatedly.
Through
Isaiah 52:14
Just as many were appalled at Him—His appearance was disfigured beyond that of any man, and His form was marred beyond human likeness—
leads to
- Isaiah 50:6
  I offered My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who tore out My beard. I did not hide My face from scorn and spittle.
- Isaiah 53:2–5
  He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no stately form or majesty to attract us, no beauty that we should desire Him.
- Psalms 22:17
  I can count all my bones; they stare and gloat over me.