8 Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
8 None of the rulers of this age understood it, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
8 None of the rulers of this age understood this, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
8 The experts of our day haven't a clue about what this eternal plan is. If they had, they wouldn't have killed the Master of the God-designed life on a cross.
8 which none of the rulers of this age knew; for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
8 But the rulers of this world have not understood it; if they had, they would not have crucified our glorious Lord.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Corinthians 2:8
Commentary on 1 Corinthians 2:6-9
(Read 1 Corinthians 2:6-9)
Those who receive the doctrine of Christ as Divine, and, having been enlightened by the Holy Spirit, have looked well into it, see not only the plain history of Christ, and him crucified, but the deep and admirable designs of Divine wisdom therein. It is the mystery made manifest to the saints, Colossians 1:26, though formerly hid from the heathen world; it was only shown in dark types and distant prophecies, but now is revealed and made known by the Spirit of God. Jesus Christ is the Lord of glory; a title much too great for any creature. There are many things which people would not do, if they knew the wisdom of God in the great work of redemption. There are things God hath prepared for those that love him, and wait for him, which sense cannot discover, no teaching can convey to our ears, nor can it yet enter our hearts. We must take them as they stand in the Scriptures, as God hath been pleased to reveal them to us.