John 20:9
For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead.
John 20:9 in other translations
| BSB | For they still did not understand from the Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead. |
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| WEB | For as yet they didn’t know the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead. |
| ASV | For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead. |
| YLT | for not yet did they know the Writing, that it behoveth him out of the dead to rise again. |
| DARBY | for they had not yet known the scripture, that he must rise from among the dead. |
| BBE | For at that time they had no knowledge that the Writings said that he would have to come again from the dead. |
| Webster | For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead. |
What does John 20:9 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 20:3-10
3-10. Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and came first to the sepulchre--These particulars have a singular air of artless truth about them. Mary, in her grief, runs to the two apostles who were soon to be so closely associated in proclaiming the Saviour's resurrection, and they, followed by Mary, hasten to see with their own eyes. The younger disciple outruns the older; love haply supplying…
Barnes' Notes
(g) "the scripture" Ps 16:10, Acts 2:25-31, 13:34,35
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on John 20:1-10
If Christ gave his life a ransom, and had not taken it again, it would not have appeared that his giving it was accepted as satisfaction. It was a great trial to Mary, that the body was gone. Weak believers often make that the matter of complaint, which is really just ground of hope, and matter of joy. It is well when those more honoured than others with the privileges of disciples, are more active than others in…
John 20:9 in the original Greek
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Cross references for John 20:9
- Psalms 16:10
For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
- Isaiah 25:8
He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it.
- Isaiah 53:10-12
Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand. He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
- Isaiah 26:19
Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
- Luke 24:44-46
And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me. Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures, And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:
- 1 Corinthians 15:4
And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
- Luke 24:26
Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?
- Hosea 13:14
I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.
- Matthew 22:29
Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.
- Mark 9:31-32
For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day. But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him.
- Luke 18:33-34
And they shall scourge him, and put him to death: and the third day he shall rise again. And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken.
- John 2:22
When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.
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Context
- John 20:8
Then went in also that other disciple, which came first to the sepulchre, and he saw, and believed.
- John 20:9
For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead.
- John 20:10
Then the disciples went away again unto their own home.
John 20:9 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Porque aun no sabían la Escritura, que era necesario que él resucitase de los muertos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | car ils ne connaissaient pas encore l’écriture, qu’il devait ressusciter d’entre les morts. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Denn sie kannten die Schrift noch nicht, daß er aus den Toten auferstehen mußte. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | nondum enim sciebant Scripturam, quia oportebat eum a mortuis resurgere. |