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"Let these words sink into your ears, for the Son of Man will be delivered up into the hands of men."
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Commentators highlight that Jesus' phrase 'Let these sayings sink into your ears' is an emphatic command. The original Greek implies an active, personal responsibility: 'You yourselves, put this into your ears.' Jesus urgently wanted his disciples to internalize the difficult truth of his coming suffering, especially as it clashed with their expectations of a triumphant Messiah.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Let these sayings. This probably refers to the sayings of the people who had seen his miracles and, for that reason, had praised …
Sink into your ears (Θεσθε υμεις εις τα ωτα υμων). Second aorist imperative middle of τιθημ, common verb. "Do you (note emphatic p…
19th Century
Anglican
Let these sayings sink down.—See Notes on Matthew 17:22-23, and Mark 9:30-32. Literally, Set these sayings in your ea…
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Baptist
But while they wondered every one at all things which Jesus did, he said unto his disciples, Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for th…
(43a) Luke concludes his account of the boy’s healing by speaking of the greatness of God and the reaction of those who observed the healing. Elsew…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Let these sayings sink down into your ears The Vulgate Latin, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions read, "in your hearts": …
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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 …
