John 20:9

For they did not then understand the passage of scripture which says that Jesus must rise again from the dead.

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In The King James Version

For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead.

In Context

8Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, went inside too, and he saw for himself and was convinced.

10The disciples then returned to their companions.

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Cross References

Psalms 22:15My palate is dry as a sherd, my tongue sticks to my jaws; in the dust of death you lay me.

Matthew 16:21At that time Jesus Christ began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem, and undergo much suffering at the hands of the elders, and chief priests, and teachers of the Law, and be put to death, and rise on the third day.

Mark 8:31Then he began to teach them that the Son of Man must undergo much suffering, and that he must be rejected by the elders, and the chief priests, and the teachers of the Law, and be put to death, and rise again after three days.

Mark 9:31for he was instructing his disciples, and telling them – “The Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of his fellow men, and they will put him to death, but, when he has been put to death, he will rise again after three days.”

Matthew Henry on John 20:2-11

The Resurrection. 1 The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre. 2 Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him. 3 Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and came to the sepulchre. 4 So they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun… Read the whole commentary →

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