8:21

Do you still not understand?: This is a rhetorical question. It expresses a rebuke. Jesus rebuked his disciples because they still did not understand who he really was. There are at least two ways to translate this rebuke.

• As a rhetorical question. For example:

Do you not yet understand? (Revised Standard Version)
-or-
Don’t you understand even yet? (New Living Translation, 1996 edition)

• As a statement. For example:

Surely, you should understand by this time!

Use whichever form is most natural to express this rebuke in your language.

understand: The disciples did not understand who Jesus really was. This is implied information. See the note in 8:17c for more information on how to translate understand.

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