Mark 9:11

Then ¹  they asked him, ²  “Why do the experts in the law ³  say that Elijah must come first?”

And they asked him, "Why do the teachers of the law say that Elijah must come first?"

They asked Him, saying, " Why is it that the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"

Now they began asking him, "Why do the teachers of religious law insist that Elijah must return before the Messiah comes?"

Meanwhile they were asking, "Why do the religion scholars say that Elijah has to come first?"

And they put a question to him, saying, Why do the scribes say that Elijah has to come first?

Then they asked him, "Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"

And they asked Him, saying, "Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"

Then ¹  they asked him, ²  “Why do the experts in the law ³  say that Elijah must come first?”

¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

² tn Grk “And they were asking him, saying.” The participle λέγοντες (legontes) is redundant and has not been translated.

³ tn Or “Why do the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22.