“But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them, that they perceived it not: and they feared to ask him of that saying.”
But they did not understand what this meant. It was hidden from them, so that they did not grasp it, and they were afraid to ask him about it — the double explanation of the non-understanding: they did not grasp it AND it was hidden from them (perfect passive, it had been and remained hidden). The divine hiddenness and the human incomprehension work together. They were afraid to ask: the fear of the answer prevents the inquiry.
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