Lux Domini
But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him.

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Interpretation

The time of Christ's suffering drew nigh. Had he been delivered into the hands of devils, and they had done this, it had not been so strange; but that men should thus shamefully treat the Son of man, who came to redeem and save them, is wonderful.

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This thought runs through Mark 9:30-32.