Ezekiel 24:19

24:19 Then the people said to me, “Will you not tell us what these things you are doing mean for us?”

Exodus 12:26

12:26 When your children ask you, ‘What does this ceremony mean to you?’ ¹  –

Deuteronomy 6:20

Exhortation to Remember the Past

6:20 When your children ²  ask you later on, “What are the stipulations, statutes, and ordinances that the Lord our God commanded you?”

Joshua 4:6

4:6 The stones ³  will be a reminder to you. ⁴  When your children ask someday, ‘Why are these stones important to you?’

Joshua 4:21

4:21 He told the Israelites, “When your children someday ask their fathers, ‘What do these stones represent?’ ⁵ 

Matthew 13:51

13:51 “Have you understood all these things?” They replied, “Yes.”

Matthew 15:16-17

15:16 Jesus ⁶  said, “Even after all this, are you still so foolish? 15:17 Don’t you understand that whatever goes into the mouth enters the stomach and then passes out into the sewer? ⁷ 

Matthew 16:11

16:11 How could you not understand that I was not speaking to you about bread? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees!”

Mark 4:13

4:13 He said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? Then ⁸  how will you understand any parable?

Luke 9:45

9:45 But they did not understand this statement; its meaning ⁹  had been concealed ¹⁰  from them, so that they could not grasp it. Yet ¹¹  they were afraid to ask him about this statement.

Acts 8:30

8:30 So Philip ran up ¹²  to it ¹³  and heard the man ¹⁴  reading Isaiah the prophet. He ¹⁵  asked him, ¹⁶  “Do you understand what you’re reading?”

¹ tn Heb “what is this service to you?”

¹ tn Heb “your son.”

¹ tn Heb “that this may be”; the referent of “this” (the twelve stones) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Heb “in order that this might be a sign among you.”

¹ tn Heb “What are these stones?”

¹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity. Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

¹ tn Or “into the latrine.”

¹ tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

¹ tn Grk “it”; the referent (the meaning of the statement) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² sn The passive verb had been concealed probably indicates that some force was preventing them from responding. It is debated whether God or Satan is meant here. By 24:25 it is clear that their lack of response is their own responsibility. The only way to reverse this is to pay careful attention as v. 44a urges.

³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “yet” to indicate that in spite of their lack of understanding, the disciples were afraid to ask about it. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

¹ tn The participle προσδραμών (prosdramwn) is regarded as attendant circumstance.

² tn The words “to it” are not in the Greek text but are implied.

³ tn Grk “heard him”; the referent (the man) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴ tn Grk “and he.” Because of the length of the Greek sentence, the conjunction καί (kai) has not been translated here. Instead a new English sentence is begun.

⁵ tn Grk “he said”; but since what follows is a question, it is better English style to translate the introduction to the question “he asked him.”