An argument broke out among the disciples as to which one of them was the greatest.

But they did not understand his answer.

But the disciples did not understand any of these things; the meaning of the words was hidden from them, and they did not know what Jesus was talking about.

Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. "God forbid it, Lord!" he said. "That must never happen to you!"

They started discussing among themselves: "He says this because we don't have any bread."

You have eyes---can't you see? You have ears---can't you hear? Don't you remember

They obeyed his order, but among themselves they started discussing the matter, "What does this 'rising from death' mean?"

But they did not understand what this teaching meant, and they were afraid to ask him.

His disciples did not understand this at the time; but when Jesus had been raised to glory, they remembered that the scripture said this about him and that they had done this for him.

The crowd answered, "Our Law tells us that the Messiah will live forever. How, then, can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?"

Thomas said to him, "Lord, we do not know where you are going; so how can we know the way to get there?"

Some of his disciples asked among themselves, "What does this mean? He tells us that in a little while we will not see him, and then a little while later we will see him; and he also says, 'It is because I am going to the Father.'

What does this 'a little while' mean? We don't know what he is talking about!"

Their minds, indeed, were closed; and to this very day their minds are covered with the same veil as they read the books of the old covenant. The veil is removed only when a person is joined to Christ.

But it can be removed, as the scripture says about Moses: "His veil was removed when he turned to the Lord."