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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

John 20:9

For, not yet, knew they the Scripture, that he must needs, from among the dead, arise.

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.
Good News Translation
(They still did not understand the scripture which said that he must rise from death.)
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.
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 But, on the first day of the week, Mary the Magdalene, cometh early, while it is yet, dark, unto the tomb, - and beholdeth the stone, already taken away out of the tomb. 2 She runneth, therefore, and cometh unto Simon Peter, and unto the other disciple whom Jesus dearly loved, and saith unto them - They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we know not where they have laid him. 3 Peter, therefore, went out, and the other disciple, - and they were going unto the tomb; 4 and the two were running together, and, the other disciple, outran Peter, and came first unto the tomb; 5 and, stooping aside, beholdeth, lying, the linen-bandages, nevertheless, he entered not. 6 So Simon Peter also cometh, following him, and entered into the tomb, and vieweth the linen-bandages lying, - 7 and the napkin, which was upon his head, not, with the linen-bandages, lying, but apart, folded up into one place. 8 Then, entered, therefore, the other disciple also, who had come first unto the tomb, and he saw and believed. 9 For, not yet, knew they the Scripture, that he must needs, from among the dead, arise. 10 The disciples, therefore, departed again, by themselves.

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
And Pharaoh called out to Abram, and said, What is this thou hast done to me? Wherefore didst thou not tell me, that she was, thy wife?
Genesis 20:10
And Abimelech said unto Abraham, - What hadst thou seen, that thou shouldst have done this thing?
Genesis 20:11
And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely there is no fear of God, in this place, - therefore will they slay me for the sake of my wife.
Genesis 20:18
For Yahweh, had restrained from bearing, every female a of the house of Abimelech, - because of Sarah, wife of Abraham.
Genesis 26:10
Then, said, Abimelech, What is this thou hast done to us? A little more, and one of the people might have lien with thy wife, so shouldst thou have brought upon us, guilt.
Genesis 34:7
Now the sons of Jacob came in from the field as soon as they heard, and the men were grieved, and it was vexing to them exceedingly, - for, a disgraceful deed, had he done with Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter, seeing that so, it should not be done.
Genesis 38:24
And it came to pass that about three months after, it was told Judah, saying - Tamar thy daughter-in-law hath been guilty of unchastity, moreover also lo! she hath conceived by unchastity. Then said Judah, Bring her forth and let her be burnt.
Genesis 39:9
There is no one greater in this house than I, neither hath he withheld from me anything, save only thyself in that thou, art his wife, - how, then could I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?
Exodus 32:21
And Moses said unto Aaron, What had this people done to thee, - that thou shouldst have brought upon them a great sin?
Exodus 32:35
And Yahweh plagued the people, - for what they had done with the calf, which Aaron made.

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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