Luke 18:34

Luke 18:34 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken.
• New International Version (NIV)The disciples did not understand any of this. Its meaning was hidden from them, and they did not know what he was talking about.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But they understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what was said.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But they understood none of these things; this saying was hidden from them, and they did not know the things which were spoken.

Context of Luke 18:34

32He will be handed over to foreigners. They will make fun of him, insult him, spit on him, 33whip him, and kill him. But on the third day he will come back to life.” But they didn’t understand any of this. What he said was a mystery to them, and they didn’t know what he meant. 35As Jesus came near Jericho, a blind man was sitting and begging by the road. 36When he heard the crowd going by, he tried to find out what was happening.

Luke 18:34 word by word

καὶ αὐτοὶ οὐδὲν τούτων συνῆκαν, καὶ ἦν τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο κεκρυμμένον ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν, καὶ οὐκ ἐγίνωσκον τὰ λεγόμενα.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• theyαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• understoodσυνίημιsuniēmi · to understandG4920
• noneοὐδείςoudeis · noneG3762
• of these thingsοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• sayingὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• sayingῥῆμαrhēma · declarationG4487
• wasεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• hidκρύπτωkruptō · to hideG2928
• fromἀπόapo · away fromG575
• neitherοὐou · noG3756
• knew theyγινώσκωginōskō · to knowG1097
• were spokenλέγωlegō · to sayG3004

Cross-references for Luke 18:34

• Luke 2:50But they didn’t understand what he meant.
• Luke 9:45They didn’t know what he meant. The meaning was hidden from them so that they didn’t understand it. Besides, they were afraid to ask him about what he had said.
• Luke 24:25Then Jesus said to them, “How foolish you are! You’re so slow to believe everything the prophets said!
• Mark 9:32The disciples didn’t understand what he meant and were afraid to ask him.
• John 10:6Jesus used this illustration as he talked to the people, but they didn’t understand what he meant.
• John 12:16At first Jesus’ disciples didn’t know what these prophecies meant. However, when Jesus was glorified, the disciples remembered that these prophecies had been written about him. The disciples remembered that they had taken part in fulfilling the prophecies.
• John 16:1⌞Jesus continued,⌟ “I have said these things to you so that you won’t lose your faith.

Commentaries on Luke 18:34

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 34They understood none of these things - Notwithstanding all the information which Christ had given them concerning this awful subject, they could not as yet fully comprehend how the Messiah should suffer; or how their Master, whose power they knew was unlimited, should permit the Jews and Gentiles to torment and slay him as he here intimates they would.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 34Understood none of these things - Though they were “plainly” revealed, yet such were their prejudices and their unwillingness to believe them that they did not understand them. They expected that he would be a temporal prince and a conqueror, and they were not “willing” to believe that he would be delivered into the hands of his enemies. They did not see how that could be consistent with the prophecies. To us now these things appear plain, and we may…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 31-34Verses 31-34 The Spirit of Christ, in the Old Testament prophets, testified beforehand his sufferings, and the glory that should follow, 1Pe 1:11. The disciples' prejudices were so strong, that they would not understand these things literally. They were so intent upon the prophecies which spake of Christ's glory, that they overlooked those which spake of his sufferings. People run into mistakes, because they read their Bibles by halves, and are only for…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 34The disciples did not understand any of these things: The disciples did not understand that the death of Jesus would bring salvation until after he rose from the dead (see 9:45; 24:13–34).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3434. understood none, &c.--The Evangelist seems unable to say strongly enough how entirely hidden from them at that time was the sense of these exceeding plain statements: no doubt to add weight to their subsequent testimony, which from this very circumstance was prodigious, and with all the simple-hearted irresistible. In Mt 20:29-34, they are two, as in the case of the Demoniac of Gadara. In Matthew and Mark (Mr 10:46-52) the occurrence is connected with…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Luke 18

• 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
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• 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