And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with another what the rising from the dead should mean.
Parallel translations
- WEB They kept this saying to themselves, questioning what the “rising from the dead” meant.
- BSB So they kept this matter to themselves, discussing what it meant to rise from the dead.
- NKJV So they kept this word to themselves, questioning what the rising from the dead meant.
- NASB They seized upon that statement, discussing with one another what rising from the dead meant.
- NLT So they kept it to themselves, but they often asked each other what he meant by “rising from the dead.”
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Quick answer
The disciples keep the matter to themselves, puzzling over what rising from the dead means. They still do not grasp Jesus' coming death and resurrection.
Overview
Though they expected a general resurrection at the last day, the idea of the Messiah personally dying and rising was foreign to them. Their confusion shows how thoroughly the cross overturned their expectations. It highlights that full understanding would come only after the events themselves and the giving of the Spirit.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 13
- Acts 17:18Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.
- John 2:19–22Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
- John 16:17–19Then said some of his disciples among themselves, What is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me: and, Because I go to the Father?
- Luke 18:33–34And they shall scourge him, and put him to death: and the third day he shall rise again.
- Luke 24:25–27Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:
- Luke 24:7–8Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.
- John 16:29–30His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.
- John 12:16These things understood not his disciples at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things unto him.
- John 12:33–34This he said, signifying what death he should die.
- Luke 2:50–51And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them.
- Matt 16:22Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee.
- Mark 9:32But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him.
- Gen 37:11And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.
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Mark drives urgently to the cross, showing Jesus the Son of God as the suffering Servant who 'came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.'
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