Mark

Mark 9:11

¹¹And they asked Jesus, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”

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English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
And	καὶ	kai	Conjunction	G2532 and, even, also, namely
they asked	ἐπηρώτων	epērōtōn	Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural	G1905 I interrogate, question, demand of
the	οἱ	hoi	Article - Nominative Masculine Plural	G3588 the
scribes	γραμματεῖς	grammateis	Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural	G1122 a scribe, town-clerk, man of learning
say	Λέγουσιν	Legousin	Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural	G3004 I say, speak
that	ὅτι	hoti	Conjunction	G3754 that, since, because
Elijah	Ἠλίαν	Ēlian	Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular	G2243 Elijah
must	δεῖ	dei	Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G1163 it is necessary, inevitable
come	ἐλθεῖν	elthein	Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active	G2064 I come, go
first	πρῶτον	prōton	Adverb - Superlative	G4412 first, before

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