But they did not understand what he meant and were afraid to ask him about it.
Luke 18:34 - New International Version (Anglicised) The disciples did not understand any of this. Its meaning was hidden from them, and they did not know what he was talking about. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But they understood nothing of these things; His words were a mystery and hidden from them, and they did not comprehend what He was telling them. American Standard Version (1901) And they understood none of these things; and this saying was hid from them, and they perceived not the things that were said. Common English Bible But the Twelve understood none of these words. The meaning of this message was hidden from them and they didn’t grasp what he was saying. Catholic Public Domain Version But they understood none of these things. For this word was concealed from them, and they did not understand the things that were said. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they understood none of these things, and this word was hid from them, and they understood not the things that were said. |
But they did not understand what he meant and were afraid to ask him about it.
they will flog him and kill him. On the third day he will rise again.’
He said to them, ‘How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
But they did not understand what this meant. It was hidden from them, so that they did not grasp it, and they were afraid to ask him about it.
Jesus used this figure of speech, but the Pharisees did not understand what he was telling them.
At first his disciples did not understand all this. Only after Jesus was glorified did they realise that these things had been written about him and that these things had been done to him.