Mark 9:11
▸ Hear this chapter, lit word by wordAnd they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come?
— Mark 9:11, King James Version
In other translations
World English Bible (WEB)
They asked him, saying, "Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"
American Standard Version (ASV)
And they asked him, saying, How is it that the scribes say that Elijah must first come?
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
And they were questioning him, saying, that the scribes say that Elijah it behoveth to come first.