Mark 9:32

Mark 9:32 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him.
• New International Version (NIV)But they did not understand what he meant and were afraid to ask him about it.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But they did not understand the saying, and were afraid to ask him.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But they did not understand this saying, and were afraid to ask Him.

Context of Mark 9:32

30Then they left that place and made their way through Galilee, but he did not want anyone to know it. 31For he was teaching his disciples and telling them, “The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men. They will kill him, and after he is killed, he will rise three days later.” But they did not understand this statement, and they were afraid to ask him. 33They came to Capernaum. When he was in the house, he asked them, “What were you arguing about on the way?” 34But they were silent, because on the way they had been arguing with one another about who was the greatest.

Mark 9:32 word by word

οἱ δὲ ἠγνόουν τὸ ῥῆμα καὶ ἐφοβοῦντο αὐτὸν ἐπερωτῆσαι.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Butδέde · thenG1161
• theyὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• understood notἀγνοέωagnoeō · be ignorantG50
• that sayingῥῆμαrhēma · declarationG4487
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• were afraidφοβέωphobeō · to fearG5399
• to askἐπερωτάωeperōtaō · to questionG1905
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846

Cross-references for Mark 9:32

• Mark 9:10They kept this word to themselves, questioning what “rising from the dead” meant.
• Luke 2:50But they did not understand what he said to them.
• Luke 9:45But they did not understand this statement; it was concealed from them so that they could not grasp it, and they were afraid to ask him about it.
• Luke 18:34They understood none of these things. The meaning of the saying was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what was said.
• Luke 24:45Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.
• Mark 7:18He said to them, “Are you also as lacking in understanding? Don’t you realize that nothing going into a person from the outside can defile him?
• Mark 8:17Aware of this, he said to them, “Why are you discussing the fact you have no bread? Don’t you understand or comprehend? Do you have hardened hearts?
• Mark 16:14Later he appeared to the Eleven themselves as they were reclining at the table. He rebuked their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who saw him after he had risen.
• John 4:27Just then his disciples arrived, and they were amazed that he was talking with a woman. Yet no one said, “What do you want?” or “Why are you talking with her?”
• John 16:19Jesus knew they wanted to ask him, and so he said to them, “Are you asking one another about what I said, ‘In a little while, you will not see me; again in a little while, you will see me’?

Commentaries on Mark 9:32

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 32But they understood not - This whole verse is wanting in two MSS., in the first edition of Erasmus, and in that of Aldus. Mill approves of the omission. It does not appear likely, from Matthew's account, that three of the disciples, Peter, James, and John, could be ignorant of the reasons of Christ's death and resurrection, after the transfiguration; on the contrary, from the circumstances there related, it is very probable that from that time they must…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 30-32Verses 30-32 See the notes at Matthew 17:22-23. Mark 9:31 Is delivered - Is given to men to make an atonement by his sufferings and death, and will in due time be taken and killed.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 30-40Verses 30-40 The time of Christ's suffering drew nigh. Had he been delivered into the hands of devils, and they had done this, it had not been so strange; but that men should thus shamefully treat the Son of man, who came to redeem and save them, is wonderful. Still observe that when Christ spake of his death, he always spake of his resurrection, which took the reproach of it from himself, and should have taken the grief of it from his disciples. Many…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 32The disciples were still unable to accept the teaching of Jesus concerning his death or to recognize how it fit into God’s plan.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3232. But they understood not that saying--"and it was hid from them, [so] that they preceived it not" (Lu 9:45). and were afraid to ask him--Their most cherished ideas were so completely dashed by such announcements, that they were afraid of laying themselves open to rebuke by asking Him any questions. But "they were exceeding sorry" (Mt 17:23). While the other Evangelists, as Webster and Wilkinson remark, notice their ignorance and their fear, Matthew…Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 9:32

• Apostles
• Jesus, the Christ

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Commentaries on Mark 9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings