34 And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken.
34 The disciples did not understand any of this. Its meaning was hidden from them, and they did not know what he was talking about.
34 But they understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what was said.
34 But they didn't get it, could make neither heads nor tails of what he was talking about.
34 But they understood none of these things; this saying was hidden from them, and they did not know the things which were spoken.
34 But they didn't understand any of this. The significance of his words was hidden from them, and they failed to grasp what he was talking about.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Luke 18:34
Commentary on Luke 18:31-34
(Read Luke 18:31-34)
The Spirit of Christ, in the Old Testament prophets, testified beforehand his sufferings, and the glory that should follow, 1 Peter 1:11. The disciples' prejudices were so strong, that they would not understand these things literally. They were so intent upon the prophecies which spake of Christ's glory, that they overlooked those which spake of his sufferings. People run into mistakes, because they read their Bibles by halves, and are only for the smooth things. We are as backward to learn the proper lessons from the sufferings, crucifixion, and resurrection of Christ, as the disciples were to what he told them as to those events; and for the same reason; self-love, and a desire of worldly objects, close our understandings.