Luk 9:43-45 | KingComments | STEP | All those who have seen Christ’s performance in favor of the boy are amazed at the greatness of God . Always the deeds of the Lord Jesus make one think of God. They are amazed and wonder at everything He does. His deeds appeal to them. This profits them, here is Someone at work Who can help them. However, the Lord does not seek the admiration of men for His deeds. For this reason He has a word for His disciples that they should let sink into their ears. He wants them to be deeply aware of the fact that the Son of Man will not be honored , but executed . Instead of receiving tribute from men, the Son of Man will be delivered into their hands. They will not worship Him as the Son of God, but condemn Him as if He were a great criminal. Their admiration is only temporary and superficial and will turn into contempt. These words are so important that He places particular emphasis to take them in. However, they do not understand what He is talking about, even if He tells them – not in prophetic form, not with difficult imagery, but – with the simplest words, what will happen. Here we see that understanding Scripture has nothing to do with the language used. The true cause that something remains dark lies in the heart of man. The disciples are not ready to face the consequences of what the Lord has just said. They still only take into account a ruling Messiah. They don’t want to think of a suffering Messiah. Therefore, what He has said remains concealed from them and they do not perceive it. The disciples leave the matter alone, for they are afraid to ask Him about that word. Maybe they feel that they will then hear things they don’t like to hear. The real condition of their heart is shown in the next event and then we also see why they don’t like and are unable to think about His suffering and why that remains concealed from them.

‏ Luke 9:43-45

Second Announcement of Suffering

All those who have seen Christ’s performance in favor of the boy are amazed at the greatness of God. Always the deeds of the Lord Jesus make one think of God. They are amazed and wonder at everything He does. His deeds appeal to them. This profits them, here is Someone at work Who can help them.

However, the Lord does not seek the admiration of men for His deeds. For this reason He has a word for His disciples that they should let sink into their ears. He wants them to be deeply aware of the fact that the Son of Man will not be honored, but executed. Instead of receiving tribute from men, the Son of Man will be delivered into their hands. They will not worship Him as the Son of God, but condemn Him as if He were a great criminal. Their admiration is only temporary and superficial and will turn into contempt.

These words are so important that He places particular emphasis to take them in. However, they do not understand what He is talking about, even if He tells them – not in prophetic form, not with difficult imagery, but – with the simplest words, what will happen. Here we see that understanding Scripture has nothing to do with the language used. The true cause that something remains dark lies in the heart of man.

The disciples are not ready to face the consequences of what the Lord has just said. They still only take into account a ruling Messiah. They don’t want to think of a suffering Messiah. Therefore, what He has said remains concealed from them and they do not perceive it.

The disciples leave the matter alone, for they are afraid to ask Him about that word. Maybe they feel that they will then hear things they don’t like to hear. The real condition of their heart is shown in the next event and then we also see why they don’t like and are unable to think about His suffering and why that remains concealed from them.