45But 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.


In Context

42 While he was still coming, the demon threw him down and convulsed him violently. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.

43 They were all astonished at the majesty of God. But while all were marveling at all the things which Jesus did, he said to his disciples,

44 |Let these words sink into your ears, for the Son of Man will be delivered up into the hands of men.|

45 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.

46 There arose an argument among them about which of them was the greatest.

47 Jesus, perceiving the reasoning of their hearts, took a little child, and set him by his side,

Luke 9:45 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:45But 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:45But they did not understand what this meant. It was hidden from them, so that they did not grasp it, and they were afraid to ask him about it.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:45But they understood not this word; and it was hid from them, so that they perceived it not. And they were afraid to ask him concerning this word.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:45But they understood not this saying, and it was concealed from them, that they should not perceive it; and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:45But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them that they should not perceive it. And they feared to ask him concerning this saying.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:45But they understood not this saying, and it was concealed from them, that they should not perceive it: and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:45But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them, that they perceived it not: and they feared to ask him concerning that saying.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:45And they were not knowing this saying, and it was veiled from them, that they might not perceive it, and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:45But 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.