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

32For He will be handed over to the Gentiles, and will be ridiculed, and abused, and spit upon, 33and after they have flogged Him, they will kill Him; and on the third day He will rise.” The disciples understood none of these things, and the meaning of this statement was hidden from them, and they did not comprehend the things that were said. 35Now as Jesus was approaching Jericho, a man who was blind was sitting by the road, begging. 36But when he heard a crowd going by, he began inquiring what this was.

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

• The disciples understoodσυνίημιsuniēmi · to understandG4920
• noneοὐδείςoudeis · noneG3762
• of theseοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• statementῥῆμαrhēma · declarationG4487
• was hiddenκρύπτωkruptō · to hideG2928
• from them, and they did not comprehendγινώσκωginōskō · to knowG1097
• the things that were saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004

Cross-references for Luke 18:34

• Luke 2:50And yet they on their part did not understand the statement which He had made to them.
• Luke 9:45But they did not understand this statement, and it was concealed from them so that they would not comprehend it; and they were afraid to ask Him about this statement.
• Luke 24:25And then He said to them, “You foolish men and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!
• Mark 9:32But they did not understand this statement, and they were afraid to ask Him.
• John 10:6Jesus told them this figure of speech, but they did not understand what the things which He was saying to them meant.
• John 12:16These things His disciples did not understand at the first; but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written of Him, and that they had done these things for Him.
• John 16:1“These things I have spoken to you so that you will not be led into sin.

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