Mark - 9:4



4 Elijah and Moses appeared to them, and they were talking with Jesus.

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Explanation and meaning of Mark 9:4.

Differing Translations

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And there appeared unto them Elias with Moses: and they were talking with Jesus.
And there appeared unto them Elijah with Moses: and they were talking with Jesus.
And there appeared to them Elijah, with Moses: and they were talking with Jesus.
Moreover there appeared to them Elijah accompanied by Moses; and the two were conversing with Jesus,
And there came before them Elijah with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus.
And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses; and they were speaking with Jesus.

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Historical Commentaries

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And there appeared unto them Elias with Moses,.... Or Moses and Elias, as all the Oriental versions read, as in Mat_. 17:3; see Gill on Matthew 17:3,
and they were talking with Jesus; concerning his decease, and what he was to do and suffer at Jerusalem, and of which he himself had lately talked with his disciples; so that this might have been a confirmation of these things to them; See Gill on Matthew 17:3.

Elijah - Whom they expected: Moses, whom they did not.

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