Mark 9:12

Jesus affirms that Elijah does come first to restore all things, yet asks why Scripture says the Son of Man must suffer. He joins the Elijah expectation to his own suffering.

Cross-references · 25

• Isa 53:1–12Who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?
• Isa 50:6I offered My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who tore out My beard. I did not hide My face from scorn and spittle.
• Isa 52:14Just as many were appalled at Him—His appearance was disfigured beyond that of any man, and His form was marred beyond human likeness—
• Isa 40:3–5A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.
• Luke 1:16–17Many of the sons of Israel he will turn back to the Lord their God.
• Luke 23:11And even Herod and his soldiers ridiculed and mocked Him. Dressing Him in a fine robe, they sent Him back to Pilate.
• Isa 49:7Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel, to Him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the Servant of rulers: “Kings will see You and rise, and princes will bow down, because of the LORD, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen You.”
• Ps 22:1–31For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Doe of the Dawn.” A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning?
• Zech 13:7Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, against the man who is My Companion, declares the LORD of Hosts. Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn My hand against the little ones.
• Matt 11:2–18Meanwhile John heard in prison about the works of Christ, and he sent his disciples
• John 3:27–30John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.
• Ps 69:1–36For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Lilies.” Of David. Save me, O God, for the waters are up to my neck.
• Mal 4:6And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers. Otherwise, I will come and strike the land with a curse.”
• Luke 1:76And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for Him,
• Matt 3:1–12In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea
• Dan 9:24–26Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.
• Luke 3:2–6during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness.
• Zech 11:13And the LORD said to me, “Throw it to the potter”—this magnificent price at which they valued me. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter in the house of the LORD.
• Ps 74:22Rise up, O God; defend Your cause! Remember how the fool mocks You all day long.
• Mark 1:2–8As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: “Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way.”
• Luke 23:39One of the criminals who hung there heaped abuse on Him. “Are You not the Christ?” he said. “Save Yourself and us!”
• Matt 16:21From that time on Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and that He must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.
• Matt 26:24The Son of Man will go just as it is written about Him, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed. It would be better for him if he had not been born.”
• John 1:6–36There came a man who was sent from God. His name was John.
• Phil 2:7–8but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in human likeness.

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