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Mr 9:32 King James But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
But they understood not that saying--"and it was hid from them, [so] that they preceived it not" (Luk 9:45).

and were afraid to ask him--Their most cherished ideas were so completely dashed by such announcements, that they were afraid of laying themselves open to rebuke by asking Him any questions. But "they were exceeding sorry" (Mat 17:23). While the other Evangelists, as WEBSTER and WILKINSON remark, notice their ignorance and their fear, Matthew, who was one of them, retains a vivid recollection of their sorrow.
 
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23 And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. And they were exceeding sorry.
45 But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them, that they perceived it not: and they feared to ask him of that saying.
1 At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?
9 And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the dead.