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But they didn`t understand the saying, and were afraid to ask him.
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Blinded by Expectations
Commentators explain the disciples didn't understand Jesus's prediction because it clashed with their preconceived ideas. They expected a triumphant, earthly king, not a suffering servant. As one scholar notes, they understood the literal words but couldn't reconcile them with their belief in a Messiah who would reign forever, thus preventing them from grasping the truth.
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But they understood not the saying (ο δε ηγνοουν το ρημα). An old word. Chiefly in Paul's Epistles in the N.T. Imperfect tense. Th…
19th Century
Anglican
And they departed thence.—See Notes on Matthew 17:22-23.
He would not that any man should know it.
Baptist
And they departed thence, and passed through Galilee; and he would not that any man should know it. For he taught his disciples, and said unto …
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The disciples still did not understand. Mark does not soften this fact. Perhaps they were afraid of asking Jesus about what he had said because of …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But they understood not that saying Meaning either the whole of what he had said, concerning his delivery, death, an…
Presbyterian
The time of Christ's suffering drew near. If he had been delivered into the hands of devils, and they had done this, it would not have been so stra…
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