Luke 18:34

Nothing of this did they understand. The words were a mystery to them, nor could they see what He meant.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken.

In Context

33They will scourge Him and put Him to death, and on the third day He will rise to life again."

35As Jesus came near to Jericho, there was a blind man sitting by the way-side begging.

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Cross References

Luke 2:50But they did not understand the significance of these words.

Luke 24:25"O dull-witted men," He replied, "with minds so slow to believe all that the Prophets have spoken!

John 10:6Jesus spoke to them in this figurative language, but they did not understand what He meant.

John 16:1"These things I have spoken to you in order to clear stumbling-blocks out of your path.

Matthew Henry on Luke 18:32-35

Christ's Suffering Foretold. 31 Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished. 32 For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on: 33 And they shall scourge him, and put him to death: and the third day he shall rise again. 34 And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the… Read the whole commentary →

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