Luke 9:45 (WEB)
But they didn’t understand this saying. It was concealed from them, that they should not perceive it, and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.
Catechism · 1
“Peter scorns this prediction, nor do the others understand it any better than he.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Mt 16:22-23; 17:23; Lk 9:45.
Fathers and councils · 11
Augustine of Hippo
“Both Mark and Luke record this incident, and that, too, in the same order, without any suspicion of a want of harmony.” — editor's note: Mark ix. 16–28; Luke ix. 38–45.
Read the whole comment“Mark and Luke record this passage in the same order.” — editor's note: Mark ix. 29–31; Luke ix. 44, 45.
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John Chrysostom
““But they understood not, but the saying was hid from them, and they feared to ask this;”not whether He should die, but how, and in what manner, and what this mystery could be.” — editor's note: Luke ix. 45.
Read the whole comment“For instance, when during their abode in Galilee He said, “The Son of Man shall be betrayed, and they shall kill Him;”it is added by Mark, “That they understood not the saying, and were afraid to ask Him;”by Luke, “That it was hid from them, that they might not perceive it, and they feared to ask Him of that saying.”” — editor's note: Luke ix. 45.
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- Cyril of AlexandriaCatena Aurea on Luke
Every thing that Jesus did claimed admiration from all men for a peculiar and divine light reflected upon each of His works, according to the Psalms, honour and majesty wilt thou lay upon him. (Ps. 21:5.) Although…
Read the whole comment - Titus of BostraCatena Aurea on Luke
While all thus were wondering at the miracles, He foretels His passion. For miracles do not save, but the cross conveys the benefit. Hence he adds, For the Son of man shall he delivered into the hands of men.
Read the whole comment - OrigenCatena Aurea on Luke
But it is not clearly expressed by whom He is to be delivered, for one says, that He is to be delivered up by Judas, another by the devil; but Paul says, that God the Father delivered Him up for us all; (Rom. 8:32.)…
Read the whole comment - Theophylact of OhridCatena Aurea on Luke
Now our Lord in condescension to their infirmities and governing them with a kind of economy, did not permit them to understand what was said of the cross; as it follows, But they understood not.
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This ignorance of the disciples proceeds not so much from slowness of understanding as from affection, for since they were yet carnal and ignorant of the mystery of the cross, they could not believe that He whom they…
Read the whole comment - Cyril of AlexandriaCatena Aurea on Luke
Now some one perhaps will say, How were the disciples ignorant of the mystery of the cross, seeing that it was touched upon in several places by the shadows of the Law? But as Paul relates, Even unto this day, when…
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Mark also the reverence of the disciples in what follows, And they feared to ask him of that saying. For fear is the first step to reverence.
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Cross-references · 9
Cited together with
Cited together in Origen on Luke 9:43–45 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Cyril of Alexandria on Luke 9:43–45 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Cyril of Alexandria on Luke 9:43–45 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels II.60.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels II.60.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels II.60.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels II.60.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels II.60.
Parallel passages
Mark 9:32 and Luke 9:45 share the same wording (9 words).