“Let these words sink into your ears, for the Son of Man will be delivered up into the hands of men.” 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.
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“Let these words sink into your ears, for the Son of Man will be delivered up into the hands of men.”
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.
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Let these sayinges synke doune into youre eares. The tyme will come when the sonne of man shalbe delivered into the hondes of men.
But they wist not what that worde meant and that was hyd from the that they vnderstode that not. And they feared to axe him of that sayinge.
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Marke these wordes diligently: for it shall come to passe, that the Sonne of man shalbe deliuered into the handes of men.
But they vnderstood not that word: for it was hid from them, so that they could not perceiue it: and they feared to aske him of that worde.
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- Luke 18:34 (v45) They understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they didn’t understand the things that were said.
- Luke 2:50 (v45) They didn’t understand the saying which he spoke to them.
- Luke 9:22 (v44) saying, “The Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and the third…
- Acts 2:23 (v44) him, being delivered up by the determined counsel and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by the hand of lawless men, crucified and killed;
- Mark 9:32 (v45) But they didn’t understand the saying, and were afraid to ask him.
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- John 12:16 (v45) His disciples didn’t understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written…
- Mark 9:10 (v45) They kept this saying to themselves, questioning what the “rising from the dead” meant.
- Mark 9:31 (v44) 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…
- Luke 2:19 (v44) But Mary kept all these sayings, pondering them in her heart.
- John 16:17-18 (v45) 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…
- 2 Corinthians 3:14-16 (v45) But their minds were hardened, for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains, because in Christ it…
- Hebrews 2:1 (v44) Therefore we ought to pay greater attention to the things that were heard, lest perhaps we drift away.
- 2 Samuel 24:14 (v44) David said to Gad, “I am in distress. Let us fall now into Yahweh’s hand; for his mercies are great. Let me not fall into man’s hand.”
- Isaiah 32:9-10 (v44) Rise up, you women who are at ease! Hear my voice! You careless daughters, give ear to my speech! For days beyond a year you will be…
- Matthew 16:21 (v44) From that time, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders, chief priests, and…
- Matthew 16:22 (v45) Peter took him aside, and began to rebuke him, saying, “Far be it from you, Lord! This will never be done to you.”
- Matthew 17:22-23 (v44) While they were staying in Galilee, Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is about to be delivered up into the hands of men, and they will…
- Matthew 20:18-19 (v44) “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to…
- Matthew 21:38-39 (v44) But the farmers, when they saw the son, said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, and seize his inheritance.’ So they…
- Matthew 26:2 (v44) “You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified.”
- Mark 8:16-18 (v45) They reasoned with one another, saying, “It’s because we have no bread.” Jesus, perceiving it, said to them, “Why do you reason that it’s…
- Mark 8:31 (v44) He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and…
- Mark 8:32-33 (v45) He spoke to them openly. Peter took him, and began to rebuke him. But he, turning around, and seeing his disciples, rebuked Peter, and…
- Luke 1:66 (v44) All who heard them laid them up in their heart, saying, “What then will this child be?” The hand of the Lord was with him.
- Luke 18:31 (v44) He took the twelve aside, and said to them, “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and all the things that are written through the prophets…
- Luke 24:6-7 (v44) He isn’t here, but is risen. Remember what he told you when he was still in Galilee, saying that the Son of Man must be delivered up into…
- Luke 24:44 (v44) He said to them, “This is what I told you, while I was still with you, that all things which are written in the law of Moses, the prophets,…
- John 2:19-22 (v44) Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” The Jews therefore said, “It took forty-six years to…
- John 12:34 (v45) The multitude answered him, “We have heard out of the law that the Christ remains forever. How do you say, ‘The Son of Man must be lifted…
- John 14:5 (v45) Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going. How can we know the way?”
- John 16:4 (v44) 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…
- John 19:11 (v44) Jesus answered, “You would have no power at all against me, unless it were given to you from above. Therefore he who delivered me to you…
- Acts 4:27-28 (v44) “For truly, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together against your holy servant,…
- 1 Thessalonians 3:3-4 (v44) that no one would be moved by these afflictions. For you know that we are appointed to this task. For most certainly, when we were with…
- Hebrews 12:2-5 (v44) looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and…
- Luke 2:51 (v44) And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth. He was subject to them, and his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.
- Luke 9:46 (v45) An argument arose among them about which of them was the greatest.
- Acts 3:13-15 (v44) The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his Servant Jesus, whom you delivered up, and denied in the…
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On v44 Give diligent ear unto them, and when you have…
Give diligent ear unto them, and when you have once heard them, see that you keep them.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv44–45 40 And I besought thy disciples to cast him…
40 And I besought thy disciples to cast him out; and they could not.
41 And Jesus answering said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and suffer you? Bring thy son hither.
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42 And as he was yet a coming, the devil threw him down, and tare him. And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the child, and delivered him again to his father.
43 And they were all amazed at the mighty power of God. But while they wondered every one at all things which Jesus did, he said unto his disciples,
44 Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men.
Ver. 44. Let these sayings sink, &c.] Ponite, reponite, lay up (θεσθε) the sayings of my sufferings, notwithstanding this people’s vain applauses. The best balm cast into water sinks to the bottom; the baser sort floats on the top.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv44–45 And Jesus perceiving the thought of their heart,.... Not…
And Jesus perceiving the thought of their heart,.... Not by any words he had heard; for the dispute was on the road, as they came along behind him; but as the omniscient God, who is the discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart, he was privy to all their ambition, and the vanity of their minds, and to all their reasonings and debates: though he was before them, and out of the reach of hearing of them: and when he came to Capernaum, after having asked them what they disputed about by the way;
he took a child and set him by him. The Ethiopic version reads, "before them", the disciples; and Matthew and Mark say, "he set him in the midst of them"; all which were true, Jesus sitting in the midst of them; so, that the child he set by him, was in the middle of them and before them; See Gill on Mat 18:2.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On v44 Let these sayings sink down into your ears -…
Let these sayings sink down into your ears - That is, consider them deeply. In joy remember the cross. So wisely does our Lord balance praise with sufferings. Matt. xvii, 22; Mark ix, 31.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv44–45 Verse 44. Let these sayings sink down into your…
Verse 44. Let these sayings sink down into your ears] Or, put these words into your ears. To other words, you may lend occasional attention - but to what concerns my sufferings and death you must ever listen. Let them constantly occupy a place in your most serious meditations and reflections.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On vv44–45 Let these sayings - Probably this refers to the…
Let these sayings - Probably this refers to the “sayings of the people,” who had seen his miracles, and who on that account had praised and glorified God. On that ground they had acknowledged him to be the Christ. As if he had said, “I am about to die. “You” will then be disconsolate, and perhaps doubtful about my being the Christ. “Then” do you remember these miracles, and the confessions of the people - the evidence which I gave you that I was from God.” Or it may mean, “Remember that I am about to die, and let my sayings in regard to that sink down into your hearts, for it is a most important event; and you will have need of remembering, when it takes place, that I told you of it. This last interpretation, however, does not agree as well with the Greek as the former.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On v45 They understood not this word. They understood well enough…
They understood not this word. They understood well enough what was meant by being delivered into the hands of his enemies, and being put to death; but they could not comprehend how Jesus Christ, whom they knew to be the Messias, and the Son of God, and whom they believed to be immortal, and eternal, could suffer death, or affronts and outrages from men. These ideas seemed incompatible; they perceived in them some mystery, which they could not penetrate. (Calmet)
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On vv44–45 these sayings--not what was passing between them about His…
these sayings--not what was passing between them about His grandeur [MEYER, &c.], but what He was now to repeat for the second time about His sufferings [DE WETTE, STIER, ALFORD, &c.]; that is, "Be not carried off your feet by all this grandeur of Mine, but bear in mind what I have already told you, and now distinctly repeat, that that Sun in whose beams ye now rejoice is soon to set in midnight gloom." "The Son of man," says Christ, "into the hands of men"--a remarkable antithesis (also in Mat 17:22, and Mar 9:31).
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv44–45 44. shall be delivered] Rather, is about to be…
44. shall be delivered] Rather, is about to be delivered (i.e. very soon).
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On v44 (44-45) Let these sayings sink down.—See Notes on Mat_17:22-23,…
(44-45) Let these sayings sink down.—See Notes on Mat_17:22-23, and Mar_9:30-32. Literally, Set these sayings in your ears; but the English version is quite adequate as an idiomatic rendering.
Shall be delivered.—Literally, is about to be delivered.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On v45 And they feared to ask him of that saying.…
And they feared to ask him of that saying. The "saying" was to them so utterly distasteful, perhaps inconceivable. It is possible that they thought this betrayal and death simply veiled for them some bit of teaching to be explained hereafter; it is possible they at once dismissed it from their minds, as men often do painful and mournful forebodings. At all events, they dreaded asking him any questions about this dark future of suffering which he said lay before him.
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain On v44 The Son of Man shall be delivered
Luk_9:44
The Son of Man shall be delivered
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Repeated predictions
As the time of our Saviours death was approaching, He thought proper to repeat the prophecy of it again and again.
For this various reasons may be assigned.
1. It was necessary to show that the death of Christ was an appointed as well as an important event in the plan of Divine providence.
2. It tended to prove that it was voluntary on the part of Jesus, and not the debt of nature, as it is on the part of those who are merely human.
3. It was necessary for the fulfilment of ancient prophecy, and consequently to prove that Jesus was the predicted Messiah.
4. It was requisite to show that He was a prophet in the highest sense of the word, and that not a part, but the whole future dispensation was thoroughly known to Him.
5. The frequent repetition of the prophecy of His death tended also to prepare the minds of the disciples for what might otherwise have overwhelmed them. (J. Thomson, D. D.)
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J. W. McGarvey 1914 · Public Domain On v44 J. W. McGarvey's The Fourfold Gospel [LXXI. Return to…
J. W. McGarvey's The Fourfold Gospel [LXXI. Return to Galilee].
LXXI. RETURN TO GALILEE. THE PASSION FORETOLD. aMATT. XVII. 22, 23; bMARK IX. 30-32; cLUKE IX. 43-45.
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b30 And they went forth from thence [from the region of Cæsarea Philippi], and passed through Galilee [on his way to Capernaum]; and he would not that any man should know it. [He was still seeking that retirement which began on the journey to Tyre. See Joh_7:3, Joh_7:4. See page 439.] [426] 31 For he taught his disciples [the reason for his retirement is here given: he wished to prepare his disciples for his passion], and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered up [the present tense is used for the future to express the nearness and certainty of the event] into the hands of men, a22 And cBut awhile they abode in Galilee, cwhile all were marvelling at all the things which he did, aJesus csaid unto his disciples, 44 Let these sayings sink into your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered up into the hands of men. [We have here two notes of time during which Jesus spoke of his passion. It was all the while he was in Galilee, between his return from Cæsarea and his departure into Judæa, for which see page 439. The length of time suggests that the sad lesson was oft repeated, but was at a time when the marvels of his works strengthened the faith of the disciples so as to enable them to bear the instruction.] band they shall kill him; and when he is killed, after three days he shall rise again. aand the third day he shall be raised up. [For comment on similar language see page 306.] And they were exceeding sorry. [Peter's experience taught them not to attempt to correct Jesus while thus speaking, so there was nothing left for them but to grieve at his words.] c45 But they understood not this bthe saying, cand it was concealed from them, that they should not perceive it [What was told to them was not for their present but their future benefit, and therefore they were left to puzzle over the words of Jesus]; and they were afraid to ask him about this saying. [Not so much from any awe with which they regarded him, as from the delicacy of the subject itself, and their own sorrow, which shrank from knowing it more fully.] [427]
[FFG 426-427]
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv44–45 9:44 See study note on 9:22.
9:44 See study note on 9:22.
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