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They understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they didn`t understand the things that were said.
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Blinded by Expectations
Commentators overwhelmingly agree that the disciples couldn't understand Jesus' plain words because of their own strong prejudices. They expected a victorious, earthly king, and the idea of a suffering Messiah was so contrary to their hopes that they simply couldn't process it. This serves as a powerful reminder to check our own biases when we read Scripture, lest we miss the plain truth.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Understood none of these things. Although these things were plainly revealed, yet their prejudices and their unwillingness to believe them…
And they perceived not (κα ουκ εγινωσκον). Imperfect active. They kept on not perceiving. Twice already Luke has said this in the …
19th Century
Anglican
They understood none of these things.—The whole verse is peculiar to St. Luke and reproduces what had been said before in…
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Baptist
And they understood none of these things:
They could not make out what he meant; it was plain enough, but they could not believe tha…
In this prediction, Jesus for the first time mentions the Gentiles as his executors. Luke attributes the ignorance of the disciples (a theme much e…
16th Century
Protestant
And they understood none of these things. What stupidity was this, not to understand what Christ said to them in a plain and familiar mann…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And they understood none of these things "Not one of them", as the Syriac and Persic versions render it; every artic…
The Spirit of Christ, in the Old Testament prophets, testified beforehand to his sufferings and the glory that would follow ([Reference 1 Peter 1:1…
