It was concealed from them (ην παρακεκαλυμμενον απ' αυτων). Periphrastic past perfect of παρακαλυπτω, a common verb, but only here…

It was hid from them. They had absorbed the common notions of the Jews that he was to be a prince and a conqueror, to deliver the nation. …

Let these sayings sink down.—See Notes on Matthew 17:22-23, and Mark 9:30-32. Literally, Set these sayings in your ea…

They were not yet spiritual enough to discern His meaning; and when they had even a faint glimmering of it, it made them feel so sad, so cast down,…

St. Cyril of Alexandria: Every work of Jesus commanded admiration from everyone, for a unique and divine light was reflected i…

(43a) Luke concludes his account of the boy’s healing by speaking of the greatne of God and the reaction of those who observed the healing. Elsewhe…

But they understood not this saying
What was meant by being betrayed into the hands of men, and by his being put to …

This prediction of Christ's sufferings was plain enough, but the disciples would not understand it, because it did not agree with their notions. A …