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Matthew 17:23

The Pulpit Commentary on Matthew 17:23

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Shall be raised again ( ἐγερθη ìσεται); be wakened. This was always a subject of perplexity; and indeed, according to the other synoptists, "they understood not the saying; it was hid from them, and they perceived it not, and were afraid to ask him."

Were exceeding sorry. They no longer rebuke him, as Peter had done (), or try to divert him from his purpose; they begin to realize the position, and to anticipate with poignant sorrow the overthrow of their hopes.

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