32But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him.
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And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them.
But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them, that they perceived it not: and they feared to ask him of that saying.
And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken.
Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto them, Do ye enquire among yourselves of that I said, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me?
These things understood not his disciples at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things unto him.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 30-40)Here, I. Christ foretels his own approaching sufferings. He passed through Galilee with more expedition than usual, and would not that any man should know of it (Mark 9:30); because he had done many mighty and good works among them in vain, they shall not be invited to see them and have the benefit of them, as they have been. The time of his sufferings drew nigh, and therefore he was willing to be…
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