World English Bible
"They asked him, saying, "Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?""
— Mark 9:11, World English Bible
“And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come?”
“And they asked him, saying, How is it that the scribes say that Elijah must first come? ”
“Then they asked him,“Why do the experts in the law say that Elijah must come first?””
“Who answering, said to then: Elias, when he shall come first, shall restore all things; and as it is written of the Son of man that he must suffer many things and be despised.”
“And they put a question to him, saying, Why do the scribes say that Elijah has to come first?”
“And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come?”
Suddenly looking around, they saw no one with them any more, except Jesus only.
As they were coming down from the mountain, he commanded them that they should tell no one what things they had seen, until after the Son of Man had risen from the dead.
They kept this saying to themselves, questioning what the "rising from the dead" meant.
They asked him, saying, "Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"
He said to them, "Elijah indeed comes first, and restores all things. How is it written about the Son of Man, that he should suffer many things and be despised?
But I tell you that Elijah has come, and they have also done to him whatever they wanted to, even as it is written about him."
Coming to the disciples, he saw a great multitude around them, and scribes questioning them.