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class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/mark/9.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />But they did not understand what he meant and were afraid to ask him about it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/mark/9.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />They didn’t understand what he was saying, however, and they were afraid to ask him what he meant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/mark/9.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />But they did not understand the saying, and were afraid to ask him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/mark/9.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />But they did not understand this statement, and they were afraid to ask Him about it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/mark/9.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />And they did not understand the saying, and they were afraid to ask Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/mark/9.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/mark/9.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />But they did not understand this saying, and were afraid to ask Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/mark/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />But they did not understand <i>this</i> statement, and they were afraid to ask Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/mark/9.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />But they did not understand this statement, and they were afraid to ask Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/mark/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />But they did not understand <i>this</i> statement, and they were afraid to ask Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/mark/9.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />But they did not understand <i>this</i> statement, and they were afraid to ask Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/mark/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />But they did not understand this statement, and they were afraid to ask Him [what He meant].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/mark/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But they did not understand this statement, and they were afraid to ask him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/mark/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But they did not understand this statement, and they were afraid to ask Him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/mark/9.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />But they understood not the saying, and were afraid to ask him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/mark/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The disciples did not understand what Jesus meant, and they were afraid to ask. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/mark/9.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />But they understood not the saying, and were afraid to ask him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/mark/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The disciples didn't understand what he meant and were afraid to ask him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/mark/9.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />But they did not understand what this teaching meant, and they were afraid to ask him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/mark/9.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />They didn't understand what this statement meant, and they were afraid to ask him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/mark/9.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />But they did not understand this statement, and they were afraid to ask Him about it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/mark/9.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />But they did not understand this statement and were afraid to ask him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/mark/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />But they did not understand the saying, and were afraid to ask him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/mark/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/mark/9.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />They, however, did not understand what He meant, and were afraid to question Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/mark/9.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />But they didn’t understand the saying, and were afraid to ask him. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/mark/9.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />but they were not understanding the saying, and they were afraid to question Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/mark/9.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />And they did not understand the saying, and they were afraid to ask Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/mark/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> but they were not understanding the saying, and they were afraid to question him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/mark/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And they knew not the word, and were afraid to ask him.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/mark/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But they understood not the word, and they were afraid to ask him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/mark/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />But they did not understand the word. And they were afraid to question him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/mark/9.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />But they did not understand the saying, and they were afraid to question him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/mark/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />But they did not understand what he was saying and were afraid to ask him.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/mark/9.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />But they did not understand the saying, and they were afraid to ask him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/mark/9.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />But they did not understand that saying, and they were afraid to ask him.<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/mark/9.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />But they did not understand this saying, and they were afraid to question him.<CM><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/mark/9.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />And they did not understand the word, and they were afraid to ask Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/mark/9.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />But they understood not the meaning of that declaration, and were afraid to ask him.<CM><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/mark/9.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />but they did not comprehend the meaning, and were ashamed to ask him about it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/mark/9.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />They, however, did not understand what He meant, and were afraid to question Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/mark/9.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />But they were not understanding the saying, and were afraid to ask Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/mark/9.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />But they knew not his meaning, and were afraid to ask Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/mark/9-32.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DmwDTC71zvQ?start=2966" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/mark/9.htm">The Second Prediction of the Passion</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">31</span>because He was teaching His disciples. He told them, “The Son of Man will be delivered into the hands of men. They will kill Him, and after three days He will rise.” <span class="reftext">32</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/1161.htm" title="1161: de (Conj) -- A primary particle; but, and, etc.">But</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: hoi (Art-NMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/50.htm" title="50: ēgnooun (V-IIA-3P) -- To do not know, be ignorant of, sometimes with the idea of willful ignorance. ">they did not understand</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: to (Art-ANS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">this</a> <a href="/greek/4487.htm" title="4487: rhēma (N-ANS) -- From rheo; an utterance,; by implication, a matter or topic; with a negative naught whatever.">statement,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/5399.htm" title="5399: ephobounto (V-IIM/P-3P) -- From phobos; to frighten, i.e. to be alarmed; by analogy, to be in awe of, i.e. Revere.">they were afraid</a> <a href="/greek/1905.htm" title="1905: eperōtēsai (V-ANA) -- To interrogate, question, demand of. From epi and erotao; to ask for, i.e. Inquire, seek.">to ask</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: auton (PPro-AM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">Him about it.</a> </span> <span class="reftext">33</span>Then they came to Capernaum. While Jesus was in the house, He asked them, “What were you discussing on the way?”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/9-45.htm">Luke 9:45</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/17-23.htm">Matthew 17:23</a></span><br />They will kill Him, and on the third day He will be raised to life.” And the disciples were deeply grieved.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/12-16.htm">John 12:16</a></span><br />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 Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/16-17.htm">John 16:17-18</a></span><br />Then some of His disciples asked one another, “Why is He telling us, ‘In a little while you will not see Me, and then after a little while you will see Me’ and ‘Because I am going to the Father’?” / They kept asking, “Why is He saying, ‘a little while’? We do not understand what He is saying.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/18-34.htm">Luke 18:34</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/16-21.htm">Matthew 16:21-22</a></span><br />From that time on Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and that He must be killed and on the third day be raised to life. / Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him. “Far be it from You, Lord!” he said. “This shall never happen to You!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/2-22.htm">John 2:22</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/20-9.htm">John 20:9</a></span><br />For they still did not understand from the Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/1-6.htm">Acts 1:6-7</a></span><br />So when they came together, they asked Him, “Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” / Jesus replied, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by His own authority.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/2-8.htm">1 Corinthians 2:8</a></span><br />None of the rulers of this age understood it. For if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/53-1.htm">Isaiah 53:1-3</a></span><br />Who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed? / He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no stately form or majesty to attract us, no beauty that we should desire Him. / He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/12-8.htm">Daniel 12:8-9</a></span><br />I heard, but I did not understand. So I asked, “My lord, what will be the outcome of these things?” / “Go on your way, Daniel,” he replied, “for the words are closed up and sealed until the time of the end.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/22-6.htm">Psalm 22:6-8</a></span><br />But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people. / All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads: / “He trusts in the LORD, let the LORD deliver him; let the LORD rescue him, since He delights in him.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/6-9.htm">Isaiah 6:9-10</a></span><br />And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’ / Make the hearts of this people calloused; deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/6-2.htm">Hosea 6:2</a></span><br />After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His presence.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him.</p><p class="hdg">they.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/mark/9-10.htm">Mark 9:10</a></b></br> And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with another what the rising from the dead should mean.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/2-50.htm">Luke 2:50</a></b></br> And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/9-45.htm">Luke 9:45</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="hdg">were.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/mark/7-18.htm">Mark 7:18</a></b></br> And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, <i>it</i> cannot defile him;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/mark/8-17.htm">Mark 8:17,18,33</a></b></br> And when Jesus knew <i>it</i>, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/mark/16-14.htm">Mark 16:14</a></b></br> Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/mark/9-6.htm">Afraid</a> <a href="/mark/8-21.htm">Clear</a> <a href="/mark/9-6.htm">Fear</a> <a href="/mark/6-20.htm">Feared</a> <a href="/mark/8-38.htm">However</a> <a href="/mark/9-10.htm">Meant</a> <a href="/mark/9-16.htm">Question</a> <a href="/mark/9-28.htm">Questioning</a> <a href="/mark/9-10.htm">Statement</a> <a href="/mark/8-21.htm">Understand</a> <a href="/mark/7-18.htm">Understanding</a> <a href="/mark/6-52.htm">Understood</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/mark/10-32.htm">Afraid</a> <a href="/mark/13-23.htm">Clear</a> <a href="/mark/10-32.htm">Fear</a> <a href="/mark/11-18.htm">Feared</a> <a href="/mark/9-49.htm">However</a> <a href="/luke/1-29.htm">Meant</a> <a href="/mark/9-33.htm">Question</a> <a href="/mark/9-33.htm">Questioning</a> <a href="/mark/10-4.htm">Statement</a> <a href="/mark/12-24.htm">Understand</a> <a href="/mark/12-30.htm">Understanding</a> <a href="/luke/2-50.htm">Understood</a><div class="vheading2">Mark 9</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/mark/9-1.htm">Jesus is transfigured.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/mark/9-11.htm">He instructs his disciples concerning the coming of Elijah;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/mark/9-14.htm">casts forth a deaf and mute spirit;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">30. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/mark/9-30.htm">foretells his death and resurrection;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">33. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/mark/9-33.htm">exhorts his disciples to humility;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">38. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/mark/9-38.htm">bidding them not to prohibit such as are not against them, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">42. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/mark/9-42.htm">nor to give offense to any of the faithful.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/mark/9.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/mark/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/mark/9.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>But they did not understand this statement</b><br>The disciples' lack of understanding highlights a recurring theme in the Gospels where Jesus' followers often struggle to grasp His teachings, particularly concerning His death and resurrection. This reflects the spiritual blindness that can affect even those closest to Jesus. The statement in question refers to Jesus' prediction of His suffering, death, and resurrection, which He had just shared with them. This lack of understanding can be seen as a fulfillment of <a href="/isaiah/6-9.htm">Isaiah 6:9-10</a>, where the prophet speaks of people who hear but do not understand. It also underscores the mystery of the Gospel, which is only fully revealed through the Holy Spirit (<a href="/1_corinthians/2-14.htm">1 Corinthians 2:14</a>).<p><b>and they were afraid to ask Him about it</b><br>The disciples' fear to question Jesus further may stem from a combination of reverence, confusion, and previous rebukes. In <a href="/mark/8-33.htm">Mark 8:33</a>, Peter was sharply rebuked by Jesus for misunderstanding His mission, which could have contributed to their hesitance. This fear also reflects a cultural context where questioning a rabbi or teacher could be seen as disrespectful. Additionally, their fear might indicate an awareness of the gravity of Jesus' words, as they sensed the impending challenges and suffering that lay ahead. This moment foreshadows the disciples' eventual abandonment of Jesus during His arrest and crucifixion, highlighting their human frailty and the need for divine strength.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jesus.htm">Jesus</a></b><br>The central figure in this passage, Jesus is teaching His disciples about His impending death and resurrection.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_disciples.htm">The Disciples</a></b><br>The followers of Jesus who are struggling to understand His teachings and are afraid to ask for clarification.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/galilee.htm">Galilee</a></b><br>The region where Jesus and His disciples are traveling, a significant area for Jesus' ministry.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_requires_humility.htm">Understanding Requires Humility</a></b><br>The disciples' fear of asking questions highlights the importance of humility in seeking understanding. We should not be afraid to ask God for wisdom and clarity.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/fear_as_a_barrier_to_growth.htm">Fear as a Barrier to Growth</a></b><br>Fear can prevent us from seeking deeper understanding and growth in our faith. We must overcome fear to fully grasp God's truths.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_open_communication.htm">The Importance of Open Communication</a></b><br>Just as the disciples were afraid to ask Jesus questions, we too can be hesitant in our communication with God. We should strive for open and honest dialogue in our prayer life.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_patience_with_our_misunderstanding.htm">God's Patience with Our Misunderstanding</a></b><br>Jesus' patience with His disciples serves as a reminder that God is patient with us as we grow in understanding His Word.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/seeking_wisdom_from_god.htm">Seeking Wisdom from God</a></b><br><a href="/james/1-5.htm">James 1:5</a> encourages us to ask God for wisdom. This passage reminds us that God is willing to provide understanding if we seek it earnestly.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_mark_9.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Mark 9</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_did_jesus_mean_by_'not_taste_death'.htm">What did Jesus mean by 'some will not taste death'?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/are_you_brave_facing_challenges.htm">Did Jesus foresee His own death and resurrection?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/did_jesus_predict_his_death_and_rising.htm">Did Jesus foresee His own death and resurrection?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/mark_9_1__how_reconcile_with_history.htm">Mark 9:1 - How can Jesus' statement that some listeners would not die before seeing God's kingdom be reconciled with modern understanding of events?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/mark/9.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(32) <span class= "bld">They understood not that saying.</span>--The words, giving once more a kind of psychological analysis of the disciples' thoughts, are not in St. Matthew, but are found in St. Luke. They imply the continuance of the perplexity described in <a href="/mark/9-10.htm" title="And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with another what the rising from the dead should mean.">Mark 9:10</a>.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/mark/9.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 32.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">But they understood not the saying, and were afraid</span> (<span class="greek">ἐφοβοῦντο</span>) <span class="cmt_word">to ask him</span>; St. Matthew (<a href="/matthew/17-23.htm">Matthew 17:23</a>) says, "They were exceeding sorry." They saw that something very dreadful was about to happen. Their Master's words and looks showed them this. But it was a mystery to them. All his words staggered them, but especially those which spoke of his rising again. They did not understand whether it was an entrance into a higher state or a restoration to a common life. They did not understand why he was to die, and how these words of his about his death could agree with those in which he had told them that his kingdom was at hand. Perhaps, on the whole, they inclined to the view most pleasing to them, that Christ would not die; for this was what they wished and most desired. And so they tried to persuade themselves that his words respecting his sufferings and death had some other hidden meaning; and were to be understood in a figurative sense and not a literal. But anyhow, they dreaded to ask him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/mark/9-32.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">But</span><br /><span class="grk">δὲ</span> <span class="translit">(de)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1161.htm">Strong's 1161: </a> </span><span class="str2">A primary particle; but, and, etc.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they did not understand</span><br /><span class="grk">ἠγνόουν</span> <span class="translit">(ēgnooun)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_50.htm">Strong's 50: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do not know, be ignorant of, sometimes with the idea of willful ignorance. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">this</span><br /><span class="grk">τὸ</span> <span class="translit">(to)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article - Accusative Neuter Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">statement,</span><br /><span class="grk">ῥῆμα</span> <span class="translit">(rhēma)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4487.htm">Strong's 4487: </a> </span><span class="str2">From rheo; an utterance, ; by implication, a matter or topic; with a negative naught whatever.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and</span><br /><span class="grk">καὶ</span> <span class="translit">(kai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> </span><span class="str2">And, even, also, namely. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">they were afraid</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐφοβοῦντο</span> <span class="translit">(ephobounto)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5399.htm">Strong's 5399: </a> </span><span class="str2">From phobos; to frighten, i.e. to be alarmed; by analogy, to be in awe of, i.e. Revere.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to ask</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐπερωτῆσαι</span> <span class="translit">(eperōtēsai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1905.htm">Strong's 1905: </a> </span><span class="str2">To interrogate, question, demand of. From epi and erotao; to ask for, i.e. Inquire, seek.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Him.</span><br /><span class="grk">αὐτὸν</span> <span class="translit">(auton)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/mark/9-32.htm">Mark 9:32 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/mark/9-32.htm">Mark 9:32 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/mark/9-32.htm">Mark 9:32 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/mark/9-32.htm">Mark 9:32 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/mark/9-32.htm">Mark 9:32 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/mark/9-32.htm">Mark 9:32 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/mark/9-32.htm">Mark 9:32 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/mark/9-32.htm">Mark 9:32 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/mark/9-32.htm">Mark 9:32 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/mark/9-32.htm">Mark 9:32 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/mark/9-32.htm">NT Gospels: Mark 9:32 But they didn't understand the saying (Mar Mk Mr) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/mark/9-31.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Mark 9:31"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Mark 9:31" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/mark/9-33.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Mark 9:33"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Mark 9:33" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>