⁹ As^(A) they were coming down the mountain,^(B) he ordered them to tell no one what they had seen^(C) until the Son of Man^(D) had risen^(E) from the dead.^{(F) 10} They kept this word^(G) to themselves, questioning what “rising from the dead” meant.

¹¹ Then they asked him, “Why do the scribes^(H) say that Elijah must come first?” ^(I)

¹² “Elijah does come first and restores^(J) all things,”^(K) he replied. “Why then is it written^(L) that the Son of Man must suffer^(M) many things and be treated with contempt?^{(N) 13} But I tell you that Elijah has come, and they did whatever they pleased to him, just as it is written^(O) about him.”