Luke Chapter 9, Verse 45
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45: οι δε ηγνοουν το ρημα τουτο και ην παρακεκαλυμμενον απ αυτων ινα μη αισθωνται αυτο και εφοβουντο ερωτησαι αυτον περι του ρηματος τουτου
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.
45: But 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.
It was hid from them. They had imbibed the common notions of the Jews
that he was to be a prince and a conqueror, to deliver the nation. They
could not understand how that could be, if he was soon to be delivered
into the hands of his enemies to die. In this way it was hid from them --
not by God, but by their previous false belief. And from this we may learn
that the plainest truths of the Bible are unintelligible to many because
they have embraced some belief or opinion before which is erroneous,
and which they are unwilling to abandon. The proper way of reading the
Bible is to lay aside all previous opinions and submit entirely to God.
The apostles should have supposed that their previous notions of the
Messiah were wrong, and should have renounced them. They should have
believed that what Jesus then said was consistent with his being the
Christ. So we should believe that all that God says is consistent
with truth, and should forsake all other opinions.
