JESUS GOING UP TO JERUSALEM FORETELLS HIS PASSION FOR THE THIRD TIME

See chs. Matthew 16:21; Matthew 17:22-23; and Mark 10:32-34; Luke 18:31-34. St Mark and St Luke add ‘shall spit upon him’ (Mark); ‘shall be spitted on’ (Luke); St Matthew alone names ‘crucifixion;’ St Luke, who mentions only the share which the Gentiles had in the Passion, adds ‘they understood none of these things, and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken.’

The disciples, as Jews, still placed their hopes in the present world: ‘what shall we have?’ They still thought Jesus might be using a figure of speech. Jesus was alone in the certainty of His awful secret. He had no sympathy from His followers.

For distinctive points in the several predictions of the Passion see notes ch. Matthew 17:22-23.

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