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

30They went out from there and passed through Galilee. But Jesus did not want anyone to know, 31for he was teaching his disciples and telling them, “The Son of Man will be betrayed into the hands of men. They will kill him, and after three days he will rise.” But they did not understand this statement and were afraid to ask him. 33Then they came to Capernaum. After Jesus was inside the house he asked them, “What were you discussing on the way?” 34But they were silent, for on the way they had argued 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 statement to themselves, discussing what this rising from the dead meant.
• Luke 2:50Yet his parents did not understand the remark he made to them.
• Luke 9:45But they did not understand this statement; its meaning had been concealed from them, so that they could not grasp it. Yet they were afraid to ask him about this statement.
• Luke 18:34But the twelve understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what Jesus meant.
• Luke 24:45Then he opened their minds so they could understand the scriptures,
• Mark 7:18He said to them, “Are you so foolish? Don’t you understand that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him?
• Mark 8:17When he learned of this, Jesus said to them, “Why are you arguing about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Have your hearts been hardened?
• Mark 16:14Then he appeared to the eleven themselves, while they were eating, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen him resurrected.
• John 4:27Now at that very moment his disciples came back. They were shocked because he was speaking with a woman. However, no one said, “What do you want?” or “Why are you speaking with her?”
• John 16:19Jesus could see that they wanted to ask him about these things, so he said to them, “Are you asking each other about this – that I said, ‘In a little while you will not see me; again after 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