Luke 9:45 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

But they did not understand this saying, and 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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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them, that they perceived it not: and they feared to ask him of that saying.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

However, they did not comprehend this saying; and it was kept hidden from them, so that they should not grasp it and understand, and they were afraid to ask Him about the statement.

American Standard Version (1901)

But they understood not this saying, and it was concealed from them, that they should not perceive it; and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.

Common English Bible

They didn’t understand this statement. Its meaning was hidden from them so they couldn’t grasp it. And they were afraid to ask him about it.

Catholic Public Domain Version

But they did not understood this word, and it was concealed from them, so that they did not perceive it. And they were afraid to question him about this word.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

But they understood not this word; and it was hid from them, so that they perceived it not. And they were afraid to ask him concerning this word.

Luke 9:45 Cross References

Matthew 16:22

And Peter took him and began to rebuke him, saying, “God forbid, Lord! This shall never happen to you.”

Matthew 17:22

As they were gathering in Galilee, Jesus said to them, “The Son of man is to be delivered into the hands of men,

Mark 9:10

So they kept the matter to themselves, questioning what the rising from the dead meant.

Mark 9:32

But they did not understand the saying, and they were afraid to ask him.

Luke 18:34

But they understood none of these things; this saying was hid from them, and they did not grasp what was said.

Luke 2:50

And they did not understand the saying which he spoke to them.

Luke 9:46

And an argument arose among them as to which of them was the greatest.

John 12:16

His disciples did not understand this at first; but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that this had been written of him and had been done to him.

John 12:34

The crowd answered him, “We have heard from the law that the Christ remains for ever. How can you say that the Son of man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of man?”

John 14:5

Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going; how can we know the way?”

John 4:33

So the disciples said to one another, “Has any one brought him food?”