И спросили Его: как же книжники говорят, что Илии надлежит прийти прежде?
And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come?
They asked Him, saying, “Why is it that the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
And they asked him, “Why do the scribes say that first Elijah must come?”
And they asked him, “Why do the teachers of the law say that Elijah must come first?”
And they asked Him, saying, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
Then they asked him, “Why do the teachers of religious law insist that Elijah must return before the Messiah comes?”
And they asked him saying, Why do the scribes say that Elias must first have come?