Mark 9:32
But they did not understand that speech; and they were afraid to ask him.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him.
In Context
Cross References
Mark 8:17And Jesus knew it, and said to them: Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? Do ye still not know, nor understand? How long will your heart be hard?
Mark 9:10And they kept that saying in their mind; and inquired, What doth this saying mean: " When he shall be risen from the dead!"
Luke 2:50But they did not comprehend the word that he spoke to them.
Luke 18:34But not one of these things, did they understand; but this subject was hidden from them, and they knew not the things told to them. And as they came near to Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the side of the way, begging.
John 4:27And while he was speaking, his disciples came. And they wondered that he would converse with the woman; yet no one said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with her?
John 16:19And Jesus knew, that they desired to ask him; and he said to them: Are ye debating with each other, of what I said to you, A little while, and ye will not see 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 →