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Mark 9:31

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For he was teaching his disciples, and said to them, “The Son of Man is being handed over to the hands of men, and they will kill him; and when he is killed, on the third day he will rise again.”

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  • Did the disciples understand when Jesus told them about his coming death?

    Matthew 17:22-23 reports the disciples' reaction to Jesus' second passion prediction: "they were exceeding sorry" (*elypēthēsan sphodra*), indicating comprehension — they understood the message well enough to grieve. The Markan parallel (Mark 9:30-31) and Lukan parallel (Luke 9:44-45) report the opposite: "they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him" / "they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them."

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