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Good News Translation

John 20:9

(They still did not understand the scripture which said that he must rise from death.)

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Apostles;   Jesus, the Christ;   Jesus Continued;   Thompson Chain Reference - Bible, the;   Dead, the;   Ignorance;   Mortality-Immortality;   Resurrection;   Word;   Word of God;   The Topic Concordance - Resurrection;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Resurrection of Christ, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - John the apostle;   Mary;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Burial;   Grave;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Peter;   Resurrection of Christ;   Scripture;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Bible;   John, the Gospel According to;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Hour;   John;   John, the Gospel of;   Mary;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - John, Gospel of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Cave ;   Foresight;   Gods;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Grave;   Mary Magdalene ;   36 Ought Must;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   Smith Bible Dictionary - John, Gospel of;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - John the Baptist;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Quotations, New Testament;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - New Testament;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for October 20;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
For they did not yet understand the Scripture that he must rise from the dead.
King James Version (1611)
For as yet they knew not the Scripture, that hee must rise againe from the dead.
King James Version
For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead.
English Standard Version
for as yet they did not understand the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead.
New American Standard Bible
For they did not yet understand the Scripture, that He must rise from the dead.
New Century Version
(They did not yet understand from the Scriptures that Jesus must rise from the dead.)
Amplified Bible
For as yet they did not understand the Scripture, that He must rise from the dead.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
For as yet they did not understand the Scripture, that He must rise again from the dead.
Legacy Standard Bible
For as yet they did not understand the Scripture, that He must rise again from the dead.
Berean Standard Bible
For they still did not understand from the Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.
Contemporary English Version
At that time Peter and the other disciple did not know that the Scriptures said Jesus would rise to life.
Complete Jewish Bible
(They had not yet come to understand that the Tanakh teaches that the Messiah has to rise from the dead.)
Darby Translation
for they had not yet known the scripture, that he must rise from among [the] dead.
Easy-to-Read Version
(These followers did not yet understand from the Scriptures that Jesus must rise from death.)
Geneva Bible (1587)
For as yet they knewe not the Scripture, That he must rise againe from the dead.
George Lamsa Translation
For they did yet not understand from the scripture, that he had to rise from the dead.
Lexham English Bible
(For they did not yet know the scripture that it was necessary for him to rise from the dead.)
Literal Translation
For they did not yet know the Scripture, that it was necessary for Him to rise from the dead.
American Standard Version
For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead.
Bible in Basic English
For at that time they had no knowledge that the Writings said that he would have to come again from the dead.
Hebrew Names Version
For as yet they didn't know the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead.
International Standard Version
For they did not yet understand the Scripture that saidthat said">[fn] that he had to rise from the dead.Psalm 16:10; Acts 2:25-31; 13:34-35;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
For not yet knew they the scriptures, that he was to rise from the dead.
Murdock Translation
For they had not yet learned from the scriptures, that he was to arise from the dead.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For as yet they knew not ye scripture, that he should rise agayne from death.
English Revised Version
For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead.
World English Bible
For as yet they didn't know the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead.
Weymouth's New Testament
For until now they had not understood the inspired teaching, that He must rise again from among the dead.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For thei knewen not yit the scripture, that it behofte him to rise ayen fro deth.
Update Bible Version
For as yet they didn't know the scripture, that he must rise from the dead.
Webster's Bible Translation
For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead.
New English Translation
(For they did not yet understand the scripture that Jesus must rise from the dead.)
New King James Version
For as yet they did not know the Scripture, that He must rise again from the dead.
New Living Translation
for until then they still hadn't understood the Scriptures that said Jesus must rise from the dead.
New Life Bible
They still did not understand what the Holy Writings meant when they said that He must rise again from the dead.
New Revised Standard
for as yet they did not understand the scripture, that he must rise from the dead.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For, not yet, knew they the Scripture, that he must needs, from among the dead, arise.
Douay-Rheims Bible
For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead.
Revised Standard Version
for as yet they did not know the scripture, that he must rise from the dead.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
For as yet they knew not the scriptures that he shuld ryse agayne from deeth.
Young's Literal Translation
for not yet did they know the Writing, that it behoveth him out of the dead to rise again.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
for as yet they knewe not ye scriptures, yt it behoued hi to ryse agayne fro ye deed.
Mace New Testament (1729)
for as yet they did not understand from the scripture, that he was to rise again from the dead.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Until now, they hadn't understood that Jesus would come riding back from the grave.

Contextual Overview

1 Early on Sunday morning, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been taken away from the entrance. 2 She went running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and told them, "They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we don't know where they have put him!" 3 Then Peter and the other disciple went to the tomb. 4 The two of them were running, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter and reached the tomb first. 5 He bent over and saw the linen cloths, but he did not go in. 6 Behind him came Simon Peter, and he went straight into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying there 7 and the cloth which had been around Jesus' head. It was not lying with the linen cloths but was rolled up by itself. 8 Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went in; he saw and believed. 9 (They still did not understand the scripture which said that he must rise from death.) 10 Then the disciples went back home.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

they: Matthew 16:21, Matthew 16:22, Mark 8:31-33, Mark 9:9, Mark 9:10, Mark 9:31, Mark 9:32, Luke 9:45, Luke 18:33, Luke 18:34, Luke 24:26, Luke 24:44-46

that: Psalms 16:10, Psalms 22:15, Psalms 22:22-31, Isaiah 25:8, Isaiah 26:19, Isaiah 53:10-12, Hosea 13:14, Acts 2:25-32, Acts 13:29-37, 1 Corinthians 15:4

Reciprocal: Matthew 22:29 - not Mark 12:24 - Do John 2:22 - and they John 20:2 - They have taken

Cross-References

Genesis 12:18
Then the king sent for Abram and asked him, "What have you done to me? Why didn't you tell me that she was your wife?
Genesis 20:10
Why did you do it?"
Genesis 20:11
Abraham answered, "I thought that there would be no one here who has reverence for God and that they would kill me to get my wife.
Genesis 26:10
"What have you done to us?" Abimelech said. "One of my men might easily have slept with your wife, and you would have been responsible for our guilt."
Genesis 34:7
just as Jacob's sons were coming in from the fields. When they heard about it, they were shocked and furious that Shechem had done such a thing and had insulted the people of Israel by raping Jacob's daughter.
Genesis 38:24
About three months later someone told Judah, "Your daughter-in-law Tamar has been acting like a whore, and now she is pregnant." Judah ordered, "Take her out and burn her to death."
Genesis 39:9
I have as much authority in this house as he has, and he has not kept back anything from me except you. How then could I do such an immoral thing and sin against God?"
Exodus 32:21
He said to Aaron, "What did these people do to you, that you have made them commit such a terrible sin?"
Exodus 32:35
So the Lord sent a disease on the people, because they had caused Aaron to make the gold bull-calf.
Leviticus 20:10
If a man commits adultery with the wife of an Israelite, both he and the woman shall be put to death.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For as yet they knew not the Scripture,.... Meaning not some particular passage of Scripture, but the writings of the Old Testament in general, and the various places in it, which spoke of the resurrection of Christ, either in a way of type, or prophecy; such as Genesis 22:3 and though our Lord had often referred to some of them, at least as in Matthew 12:40 yet such was the dulness of the disciples, or such their prejudices in favour of the Messiah being to continue, and set up a temporal kingdom, that even John, who leaned on his breast, and Peter, who was so inquisitive and desirous of knowing our Lord's meaning in everything, did not understand the sense of his words, nor of those places of Scripture he had reference to:

that he must rise again from the dead: so it was determined, thus it was predicted, and the justification and salvation of God's elect required it; and yet they knew not the thing, nor the necessity and importance of it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For an account of the resurrection of Christ, see the notes at Matthew 28:0.

John 20:9

The scripture - See Luke 24:26, Luke 24:46. The sense or meaning of the various predictions that foretold his death, as, for example, Psalms 2:7, compare Acts 13:33; Psalms 16:9-10, compare Acts 2:25-32; Psalms 110:1, compare Acts 2:34-35.

For an account of the resurrection of Christ, see the notes at Matthew 28:0.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse John 20:9. They knew not the scripture — Viz. Psalms 16:9-10: Thou wilt not leave my soul in hell - כי לא תעזב נפשי לשאול ki lo taazob naphshi l'sheol - For thou wilt not abandon my life to the grave, nor suffer thy Holy One to see corruption. It was certainly a reproach to the disciples that they had not understood this prophecy, when our Lord had given them often the most direct information concerning it. Christ had referred to the history of Jonah, Matthew 12:40, which was at once the type and the proof of his own resurrection. However, this ingenuous confession of John, in a matter so dishonourable to himself, is a full proof of his sincerity, and of the truth of his narration.


 
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