Mark 9:32 (WEB)
But they didn’t understand the saying, and were afraid to ask him.
Catechism · 1
“Three times he had announced his Passion and Resurrection; now, heading toward Jerusalem, Jesus says: "It cannot be that a prophet should perish away from Jerusalem."” — Catechism footnote: Lk 13:33; cf. Mk 8:31-33; 9:31-32; 10:32-34.
Fathers and councils · 18
Augustine of Hippo
“The other two, Mark and Luke, have also set forth this whole passage, and that, too, in almost as many words.” — editor's note: Mark xi. 27–33; Luke xix. 47-xx. 8.
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John Chrysostom
““And His disciples come unto Him, asking Him concerning the parable of the tares;”although at times wishing to learn, and afraidto ask.” — editor's note: Mark ix. 32.
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: Mark ix. 32.
Read the whole comment“But another evangelist saith, that He brought in the prophets also as witnesses;and another again saith, that even they themselves understood not His words, but the saying was hid from them, and that they were amazed as they followed Him.” — editor's note: Mark x. 32; comp. Mark ix. 32, and Luke xviii. 34.
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Catena Aurea on Mark
- Theophylact of OhridCatena Aurea on Mark
It is after miracles that the Lord inserts a discourse concerning His Passion, lest it should be thought that He suffered because He could not help it. Wherefore it is said, “And they departed thence, and passed…
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He always mingles together sorrowful and joyful things, that sorrow should not by its suddenness frighten the Apostles, but be borne by them with prepared minds.
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After, however, saying what was sorrowful, He adds what ought to rejoice them; wherefore it goes on: “And after that He is killed, He shall rise the third day;” in order that we may learn that joys come on after…
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This ignorance of the disciples proceeds not so much from slowness of intellect, as from love for the Saviour, for they were as yet carnal, and ignorant of the mystery of the cross, they could not therefore believe…
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Capernaum means the city of consolation, and agrees with the former sentence, which He had spoken: “And after that He is killed, He shall arise the third day.” There follows: “And being in the house He asked them,…
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Matthew however says that the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” [Matt 18:1] The reason is, that He did not begin the narrative from its commencement, but omitted our…
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It was fit also that they should dispute concerning the chief place by the way; the dispute is like the place where it is held; for lofty station is only entered upon to be quitted: as long as a man keeps it, it is…
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The reason why the dispute concerning the chief place arose amongst the disciples seems to have been, that Peter, James and John, were led apart from the rest into the mountain, and that something secret was there…
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Where it is to be observed, that the disciples disputed by the way concerning the chief place, but Christ Himself sat down to teach humility; for princes toil while the humble repose.
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The disciples indeed wished to receive honour at the hands of the Lord; they also had a desire to be made great by Christ, for the great a man is, the more worthy of honour he becomes, for which reason He did not…
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For His wish is not that we should usurp for ourselves chief places, but that we should attain to lofty heights by lowliness. He next admonishes them by the example of a child’s innocence. Wherefore there follows,…
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By the very sight, persuading them to humility and simplicity; for this little one was pure from envy and vain glory, and from a desire of superiority. But He does not only say, If ye become such, ye shall receive a…
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By which, He either simply shews that those who would become greater must receive the poor of Christ in honour of Him, or He would persuade them to be in malice children, to keep simplicity without arrogance, charity…
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See, how great is humility, for it wins for itself the indwelling of the Father, and of the Son, and also of the Holy Ghost.
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Cross-references · 12
Parallel passages
Mark 9:32 and Luke 9:45 share the same wording (9 words).
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