Matthew 17:10
▸ Hear this chapter, lit word by wordAnd his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come?
— Matthew 17:10, King James Version
In other translations
World English Bible (WEB)
His disciples asked him, saying, "Then why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?
American Standard Version (ASV)
And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elijah must first come?
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
And his disciples questioned him, saying, 'Why then do the scribes say that Elijah it behoveth to come first?'