Luc 9:45

La Bible David Martin

Mais ils ne comprirent point cette parole, et elle leur était tellement obscure, qu'ils ne la comprenaient pas; et ils craignaient de l'interroger touchant cette parole.

Parallel Translations

La Bible Ostervald (1996)
Mais ils n'entendaient point cette parole; elle �tait si obscure pour eux, qu'ils n'y comprenaient rien; et ils craignaient de l'interroger sur ce sujet.

Darby's French Translation
Mais ils ne comprirent pas cette parole, et elle leur �tait cach�e, en sorte qu'ils ne la saisissaient pas; et ils craignaient de l'interroger touchant cette parole.

Louis Segond (1910)
Mais les disciples ne comprenaient pas cette parole; elle �tait voil�e pour eux, afin qu'ils n'en eussent pas le sens; et ils craignaient de l'interroger � ce sujet.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Luke 9:46, Luke 2:50, Luke 18:34, Matthew 16:22, Mark 8:16-18, Mark 8:32, Mark 8:33, Mark 9:10, Mark 9:32, John 12:16, John 12:34, John 14:5, John 16:17, John 16:18, 2 Corinthians 3:14-16

Reciprocal: Psalms 119:19 - hide Ezekiel 17:12 - Know Matthew 13:51 - Have Matthew 15:16 - General Matthew 16:21 - began John 4:33 - General John 16:31 - Do John 20:9 - they John 21:12 - durst Acts 7:25 - but Philippians 1:18 - and I

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But they understood not this saying,.... What was meant by being betrayed into the hands of men, and by his being put to death; they knew not, how these things could possibly be, for they could not by any means reconcile them with the notions they had of a temporal Redeemer, and victorious Messiah:

and it was hid from them, that they perceived it not; the true meaning of this saying was hid from their understanding, which was veiled with the above notion of the worldly grandeur of the Messiah, that they did not take it in;

and they feared to ask him of that saying, of the meaning of it; imagining that he had a secret mystical meaning in it, which they could not reach; lest he should reproach them with their dulness and stupidity; or should rebuke them with the like sharpness and severity he had reproved Peter not long ago, upon the same head.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

It was hid from them - They had imbibed the common notions of the Jews that he was to be a prince and a conqueror, to deliver the nation. They could not understand how that could be, if he was soon to be delivered into the hands of his enemies to die. In this way it was hid from them - not by God, but by their previous false belief. And from this we may learn that the plainest truths of the Bible are unintelligible to many because they have embraced some belief or opinion before which is erroneous, and which they are unwilling to abandon. The proper way of reading the Bible is to lay aside all previous opinions and submit entirely to God. The apostles should have supposed that their previous notions of the Messiah were wrong, and should have renounced them. They should have believed that what Jesus “then” said was consistent with his being the Christ. So “we” should believe that “all” that God says is consistent with truth, and should forsake all other opinions.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 45. But they understood not — Mark 9:32; Mark 9:32.