Mark 9:32
But they did not understand the saying, and were afraid to question him.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him.
In Context
Cross References
Mark 8:17And knowing it Jesus says to them, Why do ye deliberate because ye have no loaves? Do ye not yet perceive nor understand? Have ye your heart still hardened?
Mark 9:10And they kept the saying to themselves, discussing what is the rising from the dead.
Luke 2:50And they did not understand the saying that he spoke to them.
Luke 18:34And they understood none of these things, and this saying was hidden from them, and they did not understand the things that were said.
John 4:27And upon this his disciples came. And they marveled that he spoke with the woman, yet no man said, What seek thou? or, Why do thou speak with her?
John 16:19Therefore Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him, and he said to them, Do ye inquire among yourselves about this, because I said, A little while, and ye do not look at me, and, Again a little while, and ye will see me?
Matthew Henry on Mark 9:31-41
The Apostles Reproved. 30 And they departed thence, and passed through Galilee; and he would not that any man should know it. 31 For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day. 32 But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him. 33 And he came to Capernaum: and being in the house he asked them, What was it that ye disputed among yourselves by the way? 34 But they… Read the whole commentary →