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They kept the saying, questioning among themselves what the rising again from the dead should mean.
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A Puzzling Resurrection
Commentators clarify that the disciples' confusion wasn't about resurrection in general, a concept familiar to them from Jewish belief. Their bewilderment stemmed from the idea of a specific and imminent resurrection of one person, the Son of Man. This concept of a dying and rising Messiah clashed with their expectations of a triumphant, earthly king.
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They kept the saying (τον λογον εκρατησαν) to themselves as Jesus had directed, but
questioning among themselves
19th Century
Anglican
And they kept that saying with themselves.—We again note what we may describe as a characteristic touch, analyzing the me…
Baptist
And as they came down from the mountain, he charged them that they should tell no man what things they had seen, till the Son of man were risen…
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The disciples obeyed Jesus’ injunction. But they were puzzled by his statement about the resurrection of the Son of Man. As Jews they were familiar…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And they kept that saying with themselves "They retained it in their own mind", as the Persic version renders it; "t…
Presbyterian
Here is a prediction of the near approach of Christ's kingdom. A glimpse of that kingdom was given in the transfiguration of Christ. It is good to …
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