Cambridge Greek Testament Commentary

Mark 9:32

οἱ δὲ ἠγνόουν. But they remained ignorant. Out of consideration for the Twelve, Mt. omits both their ignorance and their fear. Lk. suggests that, as in the case of the two on the way to Emmaus (Luke 24:16), they were not allowed to know then, in order that they might remember it afterwards, and see that Christ had suffered with full knowledge and free will. Ῥῆμα is freq. in the other Gospels and not rare in the Epistles, but in Mk is found only here and Mark 14:72.

ἐφοβοῦντο. They had heard the severe rebuke to Peter (Mark 8:33). The question about Elijah was an indirect attempt to obtain an explanation (Mark 9:11), and the answer had not made things clear to them. They could not understand the Messiah’s rising again, because they did not see how the Messiah could die, and they were afraid of being rebuked for doubting it, or possibly of being told something still more distressing than this general prediction of His sufferings.

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Mark 9:32

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