So they kept this matter to themselves, discussing what it meant to rise from the dead.
Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also began to debate with him. Some of them asked, “What is this babbler trying to
Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again.”
Then some of His disciples asked one another, “Why is He telling us, ‘In a little while you will not see Me, and then af
They will flog Him and kill Him, and on the third day He will rise again.”
‘The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again.’”
Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
He said this to indicate the kind of death He was going to die.
His disciples said, “See, now You are speaking plainly and without figures of speech.
At first His disciples did not understand these things, but after Jesus was glorified they remembered what had been done
But they did not understand the statement He was making to them.
But they did not understand this statement, and they were afraid to ask Him about it.
And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what he had said.
Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him. “Far be it from You, Lord!” he said. “This shall never happen to You!”