Key Verse Spotlight
Mark 9:12 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“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.”
Mark 9:12
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with another what the rising from the dead should mean.
And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come?
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.
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.
And when he came to {his} disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and the scribes questioning with them.
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