Key Verse Spotlight
Mark 9:32 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him.”
Mark 9:32
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
And they departed thence, and passed through Galilee; and he would not that any man should know {it}.
For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day.
But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him.
And he came to Capernaum: and being in the house he asked them, What was it that ye disputed among yourselves by the way?
But they held their peace: for by the way they had disputed among themselves, who {should be} the greatest.
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