10 So the disciples asked him, "Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first? " 17:10 Mal 4:5; Mt 11:14
11 "Elijah is coming 17:11 Other mss add firstand will restore everything," he replied. 17:11 Other mss read Jesus said to them, 17:11 Mal 4:6; Lk 1:16–1712 "But I tell you: Elijah has already come, and they didn’t recognize him. On the contrary, they did whatever they pleased to him. In the same way the Son of Man is going to suffer at their hands." 17:12 Mt 14:3,10; 16:2113 Then the disciples understood that he had spoken to them about John the Baptist.