37 On the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a great crowd met him. 38 And behold, a man from the crowd cried out, “Teacher, I beg you to look at my son, for he is my only child. 39 And behold, a spirit seizes him, and he suddenly cries out. It convulses him so that he foams at the mouth, and shatters him, and will hardly leave him. 40 And I begged your disciples to cast it out, but they could not.” 41 Jesus answered, “O faithless and twisted generation, how long am I to be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here.” 42 While he was coming, the demon threw him to the ground and convulsed him. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit and healed the boy, and gave him back to his father. 43 And all were astonished at the majesty of God. But while they were all marveling at everything he was doing, Jesus said to his disciples, 44 “Let these words sink into your ears: The Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men.” 45 But they did not understand this saying, and it was concealed from them, so that they might not perceive it. And they were afraid to ask him about this saying.
They were afraid to ask. They had seen Jesus do so much - He could do anything, and everything they could not. They were standing with everyone else thinking: "God rules!" Then Jesus pulls them aside, and repeats His pronouncement only they had heard: "He was going to be betrayed, beaten, and killed." It just did not register; it did not compute: "How could Jesus do all this, yet allow that to happen to Him." They didn't even want to think about that. But Jesus wants us to ask; He wants us to ask anything, even the hard to understand things. He wants us to share in understanding as much as we can of His plan, and be part of it.
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