And they asked Him, saying, "Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"
Mark 9:11
Surrounding context
9:10 So they kept this word to themselves, questioning what the rising from the dead meant.
9:11 And they asked Him, saying, "Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"
9:12 Then He answered and told them, "Indeed, Elijah is coming first and restores all things. And how is it written concerning the Son of Man, that He must suffer many things and be treated with contempt?