They understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they didn’t understand the things that were said.
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They understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they didn’t understand the things that were said.
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But they vnderstode none of these thinges. And this sayinge was hid from them. And they perceaved not the thinges which were spoken.
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But they vnderstood none of these things, and this saying was hidde from them, neither perceiued they the things, which were spoken.
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Passages linked to Luke 18:34 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Luke 9:45 But they didn’t understand this saying. It was concealed from them, that they should not perceive it, and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.
- Mark 9:32 But they didn’t understand the saying, and were afraid to ask him.
- Luke 2:50 They didn’t understand the saying which he spoke to them.
- Luke 24:25 He said to them, “Foolish men, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!
- Luke 24:45 Then he opened their minds, that they might understand the Scriptures.
- John 10:6 Jesus spoke this parable to them, but they didn’t understand what he was telling them.
- John 12:16 His disciples didn’t understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written about him, and that they had done these things to him.
- John 16:1-19 “I have said these things to you so that you wouldn’t be caused to stumble. They will put you out of the synagogues. Yes, the time comes that whoever kills you will think that he offers service to God. They will do these things because they have not known the Father, nor me. But I have told you these things, so that when the time comes, you may remember that I told you about them. I didn’t tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you. But now I am going to him who sent me, and none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’ But because I have told you these things, sorrow has filled your heart. Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is to your advantage that I go away, for if I don’t go away, the Counselor won’t come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you. When he has come, he will convict the world about sin, about righteousness, and about judgment; about sin, because they don’t believe in me; about righteousness, because I am going to my Father, and you won’t see me any more; about judgment, because the prince of this world has been judged. “I still have many things to tell you, but you can’t bear them now. However when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all truth, for he will not speak from himself; but whatever he hears, he will speak. He will declare to you things that are coming. He will glorify me, for he will take from what is mine, and will declare it to you. All things that the Father has are mine; therefore I said that he takes of mine and will declare it to you. A little while, and you will not see me. Again a little while, and you will see me.” Some of his disciples therefore said to one another, “What is this that he says to us, ‘A little while, and you won’t see me, and again a little while, and you will see me;’ and, ‘Because I go to the Father’?” They said therefore, “What is this that he says, ‘A little while’? We don’t know what he is saying.” Therefore Jesus perceived that they wanted to ask him, and he said to them, “Do you inquire among yourselves concerning this, that I said, ‘A little while, and you won’t see me, and again a little while, and you will see me?’
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Hereby we see how ignorant the disciples were.
Hereby we see how ignorant the disciples were.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 34 And they understood none of these things: and…
34 And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken.
Ver. 34. And they understood none, &c.] Prejudicate opinions of Christ’s earthly kingdom hung as so many bullets at their eyelids, that they could not perceive so plain a truth.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And it came to pass that as he was…
And it came to pass that as he was come nigh unto Jericho,.... Which lay in his way to Jerusalem;
a certain blind man sat by the way side begging: this was not blind Bartimaeus, nor his companion, for they were cured by Christ as he went out of Jericho; but this man before he came to it; for we afterwards read of his entrance into, and passing through Jericho, Luk 19:1 though much the same things are related in this account, as in that of the other two blind men; See Gill on Mat 20:30.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain They understood none of these things - The literal…
They understood none of these things - The literal meaning they could not but understand. But as they could not reconcile this to their preconceived opinion of the Messiah, they were utterly at a loss in what parabolical or figurative sense to take what he said concerning his sufferings; having their thoughts still taken up with the temporal kingdom.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 34. They understood none of these things] Notwithstanding…
Verse 34. They 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.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Understood none of these things - Though they were…
Understood 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, hence, learn that those things which to us appear most mysterious may yet appear perfectly plain; and we should learn to trust in God, and “believe” just what he has spoken. See Mat 16:21; Mat 17:23.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain They understood well enough the sense of the words…
They understood well enough the sense of the words he spoke to them. But they could not understand how they could be reconciled with the idea they had previously conceived of the Messias. They were scandalized in the first place, to think that God should suffer any thing inflicted by man; they were scandalized in the second place, to hear that sufferings and death could lead to victory and empire; and lastly, they were scandalized, (their own feelings taking the alarm) lest they should be forced to imitate their Master in this part which he had chosen for himself. (Haydock)
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain understood none, &c.--The Evangelist seems unable to say strongly…
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.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 34. they understood none of these things] as had…
34. they understood none of these things] as had been the case before, Luk_9:43-45; and St Mark tells us (Mar_9:32) that ‘they were afraid to ask Him.’ It was only at a later period that the full significance of all these words dawned on them (Joh_12:16). We must learn, as Pascal says, to love divine truths before we can understand them. The Apostles refused to admit the plain meaning of these clear statements (Mat_16:22).
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (34) They understood none of these things.—The whole verse…
(34) They understood none of these things.—The whole verse is peculiar to St. Luke, and reproduces what had been said before in Luk_9:45, where see Note. It is as though his professional habit of analysis led him to dwell on these psychological phenomena as explaining the subsequent bewilderment of the disciples, and their slowness to believe that their Lord had risen from the dead (Luk_24:11; Luk_24:21; Luk_24:25; Luk_24:38). They heard the words, but, as we say, did not “take in” their meaning. For a like analysis, see Note on Luk_22:45.
This saying was hid from them.—The verb so rendered occurs here only in the New Testament. Its precise meaning is “covered” or “veiled,” rather than hidden. Some such thought of dimmed perception was in St. Paul’s mind when he said of the unbelieving Jews that, as they heard the Law and the Prophets, “the veil was upon their hearts” (2Co_3:15).
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And they understood none of these things: and this…
And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken. But they listened all dazed and confused; they could not take it in, neither the shame of the death of their loved Leader, nor the glory of the Resurrection which was to follow immediately after. They could not persuade themselves that the hopes of an earthly Messianic glory in which they were to; share must positively Be given up. "We must learn to love Divine truths Before we can understand them," said Pascal. "Toward everything which is contrary to natural desire," wrote Riggenbach (in Godet), "there is produced in the heart a Blindness, which nothing but a miracle can heal."
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They understood none of these things
"They did not understand any of these things"
these things
This refers to Jesus' description of how he would suffer and die in Jerusalem, and that he would rise from the dead.
this word was hidden from them
This can be stated in active form, but it is not clear whether it is God or Jesus who hid the word from them. AT: "Jesus hid his message from them" or "God prevented them from understanding the meaning of what Jesus was telling them" (See: Active or Passive)
the things that were said
This can be stated in active form. AT: "the things that Jesus said" (See: Active or Passive)
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 18:34 The significance of his words was hidden from…
18:34 The significance of his words was hidden from them: Not until after the resurrection did the disciples grasp the saving significance of Jesus’ death (see 9:45; 24:13-34).
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