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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)They didn’t understand what he was saying, however, and they were afraid to ask him what he meant.

Context of Mark 9:32

30They left that place and passed through Galilee. Jesus did not want anyone to know where they were, 31because he was teaching his disciples. He said to them, “The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men. They will kill him, and after three days he will rise.” But they did not understand what he meant and were afraid to ask him about it. 33They came to Capernaum. When he was in the house, he asked them, “What were you arguing about on the road?” 34But they kept quiet because on the way they had argued 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 the matter to themselves, discussing what “rising from the dead” meant.
• Luke 2:50But they did not understand what he was saying to them.
• Luke 9:45But they did not understand what this meant. It was hidden from them, so that they did not grasp it, and they were afraid to ask him about it.
• Luke 18:34The disciples did not understand any of this. Its meaning was hidden from them, and they did not know what he was talking about.
• Luke 24:45Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures.
• Mark 7:18“Are you so dull?” he asked. “Don’t you see that nothing that enters a person from the outside can defile them?
• Mark 8:17Aware of their discussion, Jesus asked them: “Why are you talking about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Are your hearts hardened?
• Mark 16:14Later Jesus appeared to the Eleven as they were eating; he rebuked them for their lack of faith and their stubborn refusal to believe those who had seen him after he had risen.
• John 4:27Just then his disciples returned and were surprised to find him talking with a woman. But no one asked, “What do you want?” or “Why are you talking with her?”
• John 16:19Jesus saw that they wanted to ask him about this, so he said to them, “Are you asking one another what I meant when I said, ‘In a little while you will see me no more, and then 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