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Mark 9:32

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But the followers did not understand what Jesus meant. And they were afraid to ask him what he meant.

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The apostles tried to understand this, but they could not; the meaning was hidden from them.


But the followers did not understand what Jesus meant. The meaning was hidden from them so that they could not understand it. But the followers were afraid to ask Jesus about what he said.


But they did not understand the meaning of what he said to them.


Jesus saw that the followers wanted to ask him about this. So Jesus said to the followers, “Are you asking each other what I meant when I said, ‘After a short time you won’t see me. Then after another short time you will see me again’?


The followers of Jesus did not understand at that time what was happening. But after Jesus was raised to glory, they understood that these things were written about him. Then the followers remembered that they had done these things for him.


So the followers obeyed Jesus and said nothing about what they saw. But they discussed what Jesus meant about rising from death.


At that time Jesus’ followers came back from town. They were surprised because they saw Jesus talking with a woman. But none of them asked, “What do you want?” or “Why are you talking with her?”


Then Jesus helped the followers understand these Scriptures {\cf2\super [397]} written \{about him\}.


Later Jesus showed himself to the eleven followers while they were eating. Jesus criticized the followers because they had little faith. They were stubborn and refused to believe the people that said Jesus had risen from death.


But Jesus turned and looked at his followers. Then he criticized Peter. Jesus said to Peter, “Go away from me, Satan {\cf2\super [102]} ! You don’t care about the things of God. You care only about things that people think are important.”


Jesus said, “You still have trouble understanding? Surely you know that nothing that enters a person from the outside can make him wrong.





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