"But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him." — Mark 9:32

Mark 9:32 · KJV

“But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him.”

— Mark 9:32

For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day.

Verse 33

And he came to Capernaum: and being in the house he asked them, What was it that ye disputed among yourselves by the way?

Mark 9 — Context

And they departed thence, and passed through Galilee; and he would not that any man should know {it}.

For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day.

But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him.

And he came to Capernaum: and being in the house he asked them, What was it that ye disputed among yourselves by the way?

But they held their peace: for by the way they had disputed among themselves, who {should be} the greatest.

Cross References

Luke 18:34

And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken.

John 16:19

Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto them, Do ye enquire among yourselves of that I said, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me?

Luke 2:50

And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them.

Luke 9:45

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.

John 12:16

These things understood not his disciples at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that these things were written of him, and {that} they had done these things unto him.

Mark 9:10

And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with another what the rising from the dead should mean.

Mark 7:18

Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?

Mark 8:17-18

Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?