Luke 9:45
But they didn't understand what this meant. Its meaning was hidden from them so they didn't realize its implications, and they were afraid to ask him about it.
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46Then an argument started among the disciples about which of them was the greatest.
Cross References
Matthew 16:22Peter took Jesus aside and started to tell him he shouldn't talk like that. “God forbid, Lord, that this would ever happen to you!” he said.
Mark 8:32Jesus explained this to them very clearly. But Peter took Jesus aside and started to reprimand him for what he said.
Mark 9:32They didn't understand what he meant and were too afraid to ask him about it.
Luke 9:46Then an argument started among the disciples about which of them was the greatest.
John 4:33“Did someone bring him food?” the disciples asked one another.
John 12:34The crowd responded, “The Law tells us that the Messiah will live forever, so how can you say the Son of man must be ‘lifted up’? Who is this ‘Son of man’?”
Matthew Henry on Luke 9:44-51
Ambition of the Disciples Reproved. 43 And they were all amazed at the mighty power of God. But while they wondered every one at all things which Jesus did, he said unto his disciples, 44 Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men. 45 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. 46 Then there arose a reasoning among them, which of them should be greatest. 47 And… Read the whole commentary →