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The Transfiguration

Mark 9:13

In 9 translations

BSB
But I tell you that Elijah has indeed come, and they have done to him whatever they wished, just as it is written about him.”
KJV
But I say unto you, That Elias is indeed come, and they have done unto him whatsoever they listed, as it is written of him.
WEB
But I tell you that Elijah has come, and they have also done to him whatever they wanted to, even as it is written about him.”
ASV
But I say unto you, that Elijah is come, and they have also done unto him whatsoever they would, even as it is written of him.
LSV
But I say to you that also Elijah has come, and they did to him what they willed, as it has been written of him.”
YLT
But I say to you, That also Elijah hath come, and they did to him what they willed, as it hath been written of him.'
DBY
but I say unto you that Elias also is come, and they have done to him whatever they would, as it is written of him.
DRC9:12
But I say to you, that Elias also is come, (and they have done to him whatsoever they would,) as it is written of him.
GNV
But I say vnto you, that Elias is come, (and they haue done vnto him whatsoeuer they would) as it is written of him.

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Where the editions differ

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἤθελον (“they were desiring”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἠθέλησαν (“they desired”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • Spelling of Ἠλίας: Westcott–Hort: Ἠλείας.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: ἤθελον. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἤθελον; Robinson–Pierpont read ἠθέλησαν.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ἀλλὰ λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι καὶ Ἠλίας ἐλήλυθεν, καὶ ἐποίησαν αὐτῷ ὅσα ἤθελον, καθὼς γέγραπται ἐπʼ αὐτόν.
RP2018
Ἀλλὰ λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι καὶ Ἠλίας ἐλήλυθεν, καὶ ἐποίησαν αὐτῷ ὅσα ἠθέλησαν, καθὼς γέγραπται ἐπ’ αὐτόν.
TR-Boyd
Ἀλλὰ λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι καὶ Ἠλίας ἐλήλυθε, καὶ ἐποίησαν αὐτῷ ὅσα ἠθέλησαν, καθὼς γέγραπται ἐπ᾿ αὐτόν.
SCR1894
αλλα λεγω υμιν οτι και ηλιας εληλυθεν και εποιησαν αυτω οσα ηθελησαν καθως γεγραπται επ αυτον

Who and where

👤 Elijah◆ The Transfiguation

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Matthew 14:3–11Now Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, because John had been telling him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.” Although Herod wanted to…
  • Matthew 11:14And if you are willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who was to come.
  • Matthew 17:12–13But I tell you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but have done to him whatever they wished. In the same way, the Son of Man will suffer at their hands.” Then the disciples understood that He…
  • Mark 6:14–28Now King Herod heard about this, for Jesus’ name had become well known, and people were saying, “John the Baptist has risen from the dead! That is why miraculous powers are at work in him.” Others were saying, “He is…
  • Luke 1:17And he will go on before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”
  • Luke 3:19–20But when he rebuked Herod the tetrarch regarding his brother’s wife Herodias and all the evils he had done, Herod added this to them all: He locked John up in prison.
  • Acts 7:52Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—

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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 9:12 in some Bibles
  • 9:13 in most Bibles

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