Mark 9:32 BSB — MannaFest

Mark 9:32

But they did not understand this statement, and they were afraid to ask Him about it.

BSB

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ASV

But they understood not the saying, and were afraid to ask him.

KJV

But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him.

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Commentary

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Bede

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (735)

(ubi sup.) This ignorance of the disciples proceeds not so much from slowness of intellect, as from love for the Saviour, for they were as yet carnal, and ignorant of the mystery of the cross, they could not therefore believe that He whom they had recognised as the true God, was about to die; being accustomed then to hear Him often talk in figures, and shrinking from the event of His death, they would have it, that something was conveyed figuratively in those things, which he spoke openly concerning His betrayal and passion.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

They understood not the word - They did not understand how to reconcile the death of our saviour (nor consequently his resurrection, which supposed his death) with their notions of his temporal kingdom.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Many remain ignorant because they are ashamed to enquire. He rebukes his disciples for magnifying themselves. When he came to Capernaum, he privately asked his disciples what it was they disputed among themselves by the way,

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

But they understood not - This whole verse is wanting in two MSS., in the first edition of Erasmus, and in that of Aldus. Mill approves of the omission.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Mark (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1857)

The dullness of the disciples in spiritual things appears once more, as soon as this announcement was made. There was good in the tidings as well as seeming evil — sweet as well as bitter — life as well as death — the resurrection as well as the cross. But it was all darkness to the bewildered twelve. "They did not understand what He was saying, and were afraid to ask." Their minds were still full of their mistaken ideas of their Master's reign upon earth. They thought that His earthly kingdom was immediately to appear.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
οἱ	hoi	<the>	G3588 →
δὲ	de	And	G1161 →
ἠγνόουν	ēgnooun	they were not understanding	G50 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
ῥῆμα	rhēma	declaration	G4487 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐφοβοῦντο	ephobounto	they were afraid	G5399 →
αὐτὸν	auton	Him	G846 →
ἐπερωτῆσαι.¶	eperōtēsai	to ask.	G1905 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Luke 18:34
But the disciples did not understand any of these things. The meaning was hidden from them, and they did not comprehend what He was saying.
leads to
- Luke 9:45
  But they did not understand this statement. It was veiled from them so that they could not comprehend it, and they were afraid to ask Him about it.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Luke 24:25
  Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish ones, how slow are your hearts to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
Through
Luke 9:45
But they did not understand this statement. It was veiled from them so that they could not comprehend it, and they were afraid to ask Him about it.
leads to
- Luke 18:34
  But the disciples did not understand any of these things. The meaning was hidden from them, and they did not comprehend what He was saying.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Luke 2:50
  But they did not understand the statement He was making to them.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- John 12:16
  At first His disciples did not understand these things, but after Jesus was glorified they remembered what had been done to Him, and they realized that these very things had also been written about…
Through
John 12:16
At first His disciples did not understand these things, but after Jesus was glorified they remembered what had been done to Him, and they realized that these very things had also been written about…
leads to
- John 2:22
  After He was raised from the dead, His disciples remembered that He had said this. Then they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.
- John 14:26
  But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have told you.
- John 7:39
  He was speaking about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.