Quotes about Perplexity
But the disciples did not understand any of these things. The meaning was hidden from them, and they did not comprehend what He was saying.
— Luke 18:34
But they did not understand the statement He was making to them.
— Luke 2:50
Stop and be astonished; blind yourselves and be sightless; be drunk, but not with wine; stagger, but not from strong drink.
— Isaiah 29:9
For while the unbelievers flourish, they do not know what is waiting for them on the next day; therefore, they must always live in turmoil because of perplexity and fear; neither
— John Calvin
“How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.
— John 3:9
And they struck the men at the entrance, young and old, with blindness, so that they wearied themselves trying to find the door.
— Genesis 19:11
I confess to your Charity that I have learned to yield this respect and honour only to the canonical books of Scripture: of these alone do I most firmly believe that the authors were completely free from error. And if in these writings I am perplexed by anything which appears to me opposed to truth, I do not hesitate to suppose that either the manuscript is faulty, or the translator has not caught the meaning of what was said, or I myself have failed to understand it (Ibid., 82.1.3).
— Norman Geisler
When the disciples saw this, they were indignant and asked, “Why this waste?
— Matthew 26:8
And they were unable to answer these questions.
— Luke 14:6
“What is truth?” Pilate asked. And having said this, he went out again to the Jews and told them, “I find no basis for a charge against Him.
— John 18:38
Most people are bothered by those passages of Scripture they do not understand, but the passages that bother me are those I do understand.
— Mark Twain
There are three things too wonderful for me, four that I cannot understand:
— Proverbs 30:18