Luke 9:45

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But they did not understand this statement; its meaning had been concealed from them, so that they could not grasp it. Yet they were afraid to ask him about this statement.

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  • Luke 18:34 : 34 But the twelve understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what Jesus meant.
  • Mark 9:32 : 32 But they did not understand this statement and were afraid to ask him.
  • Luke 2:50 : 50 Yet his parents did not understand the remark he made to them.
  • John 16:17-18 : 17 Then some of his disciples said to one another,“What is the meaning of what he is saying,‘In a little while you will not see me; again after a little while, you will see me,’ and,‘because I am going to the Father’?” 18 So they kept on repeating,“What is the meaning of what he says,‘In a little while’? We do not understand what he is talking about.”
  • John 12:16 : 16 (His disciples did not understand these things when they first happened, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written about him and that these things had happened to him.)
  • John 12:34 : 34 Then the crowd responded,“We have heard from the law that the Christ will remain forever. How can you say,‘The Son of Man must be lifted up’? Who is this Son of Man?”
  • John 14:5 : 5 Thomas said,“Lord, we don’t know where you are going. How can we know the way?”
  • Matt 16:22 : 22 So Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him:“God forbid, Lord! This must not happen to you!”
  • Mark 8:16-18 : 16 So they began to discuss with one another about having no bread. 17 When he learned of this, Jesus said to them,“Why are you arguing about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Have your hearts been hardened? 18 Though you have eyes, don’t you see? And though you have ears, can’t you hear? Don’t you remember?
  • Mark 8:32-33 : 32 He spoke openly about this. So Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. 33 But after turning and looking at his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said,“Get behind me, Satan. You are not setting your mind on God’s interests, but on man’s.”
  • Mark 9:10 : 10 They kept this statement to themselves, discussing what this rising from the dead meant.
  • 2 Cor 3:14-16 : 14 But their minds were closed. For to this very day, the same veil remains when they hear the old covenant read. It has not been removed because only in Christ is it taken away. 15 But until this very day whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their minds, 16 but when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed.
  • Luke 9:46 : 46 Concerning the Greatest Now an argument started among the disciples as to which of them might be the greatest.

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    32But they did not understand this statement and were afraid to ask him.

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    34But the twelve understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what Jesus meant.

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    50Yet his parents did not understand the remark he made to them.

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    6Jesus told them this parable, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.

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    27(They did not understand that he was telling them about his Father.)

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    46Concerning the Greatest Now an argument started among the disciples as to which of them might be the greatest.

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    13For this reason I speak to them in parables: Although they see they do not see, and although they hear they do not hear nor do they understand.

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