422nd Post Jesus Predictions Con't. - His Ascension and Glorification Con't. - Matthew 9: 15

Matthew 9: 15; Mark 2: 19 - 20; Luke 5: 34 - 35.
Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.
This was spoken by Jesus about a year and a half into His earthly ministry. This passage is in response to the disciples of John asking why they and the Pharisees fast and Jesus' disciples do not.
The Pharisees fast at least once a week and probably two times a week. The Pharisees fasted, because they were trying to look more pious than other Jews. John's disciples were fasting for another completely different reason. John had at this time been taken from his disciples and they were fasting to remind them of their pain. Remembering their pain, this is what the Pharisees and John' s disciples had in common. Jesus prophesied that His disciples would fast also, after Jesus is taken from them. The disciples of Jesus had heard these words spoken, but did not understand what Jesus was telling them. When Jesus' disciples understand what Jesus death and resurrection mean, they also will feel pain, and fast to remember it, but they also, will be fasting for a different reason. The Bible meanings become clearer, and murkier at the same time. This is why you will never learn everything this Book has to offer. I have been studying it for over 40 years, and in no way consider myself an expert on it. How is your studying going?