Understood not (ουκ εγνωσαν). Second aorist active indicative of γινωσκω. Another comment by John concerning the failure of the di…

Was glorified. Was raised from the dead, and had ascended to heaven.

These things understood not his disciples at the first . . .—Compare Notes on John 2:22; John 20:9. It is a touch peculiar to S…

And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written, Fear not, daughter of Zion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass…

St. John Chrysostom: The Law commanded that on the tenth day of the first month a lamb or a young goat should be kept in the h…

This parenthetical statement by the author states that the disciples did not then understand the situation but that they later comprehended it (cf.…

These things his disciples did not understand at first. Just as the seed does not sprout as soon as it is sown in the earth, so the result…

These things understood not his disciples at the first ,
&c.] Or "at that time", as the Syriac and Persic versions r…

Christ's riding in triumph to Jerusalem is recorded by all the evangelists. Many excellent things, both in the word and providence of God, disciple…

1. Here we see the fervor of the crowd that went to meet Christ.

   First, they go to meet Christ; second, we have the reaction of the P…