Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.
They understood not
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Bible References
They understood not
John 6:52
This led to an angry debate among the Jews. "How can this man," they argued, "give us his flesh to eat?"
John 7:36
What do those words of his mean, 'You will look for me, but will not find me, and where I am you cannot come'?"
John 8:27
They did not perceive that He was speaking to them of the Father.
Matthew 13:13
I speak to them in figurative language for this reason, that while looking they do not see, and while hearing they neither hear nor understand.
1 Corinthians 2:14
The unspiritual man rejects the things of the Spirit of God, and cannot attain to the knowledge of them, because they are spiritually judged.
1 John 5:20
And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding so that we know the true One, and are in union with the true One--that is, we are in union with His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and the Life of the Ages.
General references
Luke 18:34
Nothing of this did they understand. The words were a mystery to them, nor could they see what He meant.