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Mark 9:32

Fear

30 Going on from there, they passed through Galilee. But Jesus did not want anyone to know,

31 because He was teaching His disciples. He told them, “The Son of Man will be delivered into the hands of men. They will kill Him, and after three days He will rise.”

But they did not understand this statement, and they were afraid to ask Him about it.

33 Then they came to Capernaum. While Jesus was in the house, He asked them, “What were you discussing on the way?”

34 But they were silent, for on the way they had been arguing about which of them was the greatest.

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BSB
But they did not understand this statement, and they were afraid to ask Him about it.
KJV
But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him.
WEB
But they didn’t understand the saying, and were afraid to ask him.
ASV
But they understood not the saying, and were afraid to ask him.
DARBY
But they understood not the saying, and feared to ask him.
BLB
But they were not understanding the saying, and they were afraid to question Him.
ÅB
Men de skjønte ikke dette ord, og de fryktet for å spørre ham.
OTB
Men de forsto ikke dette utsagnet og var redde for å spørre ham.
B1930
Men de skjønte ikke dette ord, og de fryktet for å spørre ham.

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  • Luke 18:34

    But the disciples did not understand any of these things. The meaning was hidden from them, and they did not comprehend what He was saying.

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  • John 16:19

    Aware that they wanted to question Him, Jesus said to them, “Are you asking one another why I said, ‘In a little while you will not see Me, and then after a little while you will see Me’?

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  • Luke 9:45

    But they did not understand this statement. It was veiled from them so that they could not comprehend it, and they were afraid to ask Him about it.

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  • Luke 2:50

    But they did not understand the statement He was making to them.

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  • John 12:16

    At first His disciples did not understand these things, but after Jesus was glorified they remembered what had been done to Him, and they realized that these very things had also been written about Him.

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  • Mark 9:10

    So they kept this matter to themselves, discussing what it meant to rise from the dead.

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  • John 4:27

    Just then His disciples returned and were surprised that He was speaking with a woman. But no one asked Him, “What do You want from her?” or “Why are You talking with her?”

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  • Mark 16:14

    Later, as they were eating, Jesus appeared to the Eleven and rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen Him after He had risen.

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