Mark 9:11

And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come?

They asked him, saying, "Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"

And they asked him, saying, `How is it' that the scribes say that Elijah must first come?

And they were questioning him, saying, that the scribes say that Elijah it behoveth to come first.

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