Jesus Bound and Scourged by Roman Soldiersby CBPepper
18:33Luke 18:33
And they shall scourge him, and put him to death: and the third day he shall rise again.
On His last journey to Jerusalem, with His steps already bending toward Calvary while His enemies plotted to kill Him to silence His reproofs and warnings, He took the twelve apart in the way to tell them plainly what would happen to Him there. He said He would be betrayed to the chief priests and scribes, condemned to death, and delivered to the Gentiles and to wicked hands. There He would be mocked and spitefully entreated and spit upon, and after being scourged would be put to death by crucifixion.
He said that after being scourged and put to death He would rise again on the third day. This resurrection promise held out hope for His disciples, and was as certain of fulfillment as His suffering and death. All these things were the accomplishment of all things written by the prophets concerning the Son of Man, seen standing this side of the cross to be fulfilled to the letter.
The disciples understood none of these things at the time; the saying was hid from them and they did not know what was spoken. They were perplexed about what rising on the third day meant, and did not believe He would rise. Their blindness came because they expected a temporal kingdom with Christ on David's throne reigning as a temporal prince in Jerusalem bringing all nations into subjection. They could not believe Christ would be treated with such contempt as a slave by His enemies, and were unwilling to believe disagreeable truth and give up the thought of a conqueror.
They did not care to think about His words, though He tried several times to open the future to them. By not believing His words, though He always spoke truth and never deceived them, they did not comprehend the words of the prophets and thought them out of harmony with His words. His prediction of going to Jerusalem and suffering showed that His kingdom was spiritual, not temporal. Peter's affectionate protest that this should not happen to Him was opposed to the mind and will of God and savored the things of men and not the things of God, giving no excuse for human love that would turn aside God's purpose, so Jesus severely rebuked it as Satan and found it offensive.
By such unbelief they were left unprepared for the trying scenes they had to pass through. His death therefore came to them as a surprise that left them in utter hopelessness, bitter disappointment and sorrow, with faith unable to penetrate beyond the shadow Satan cast across their horizon and everything vague and mysterious. If they had believed His words much sorrow would have been spared, and afterward seeing the result of their unbelief filled them with sorrow over it.
The disciples should have remembered the resurrection promise but had nearly forgotten it. As events unfolded Mary remembered His words about what was happening. With such plain foretelling that He would be taken and crucified and would rise again the third day, Thomas's refusal to believe without seeing in His hands the print of the nails and putting his finger into the print and thrusting his hand into His side was unbelief without excuse, which is not commendable in anyone.
On His last journey to Jerusalem, with His steps already bending toward Calvary while His enemies plotted to kill Him to silence His reproofs and warnings, He took the twelve apart in the way to tell them plainly what would happen to Him there. He said He would be betrayed to the chief priests and scribes, condemned to death, and delivered to the Gentiles and to wicked hands. There He would be mocked and spitefully entreated and spit upon, and after being scourged would be put to death by crucifixion.
He said that after being scourged and put to death He would rise again on the third day. This resurrection promise held out hope for His disciples, and was as certain of fulfillment as His suffering and death. All these things were the accomplishment of all things written by the prophets concerning the Son of Man, seen standing this side of the cross to be fulfilled to the letter.
The disciples understood none of these things at the time; the saying was hid from them and they did not know what was spoken. They were perplexed about what rising on the third day meant, and did not believe He would rise. Their blindness came because they expected a temporal kingdom with Christ on David's throne reigning as a temporal prince in Jerusalem bringing all nations into subjection. They could not believe Christ would be treated with such contempt as a slave by His enemies, and were unwilling to believe disagreeable truth and give up the thought of a conqueror.
They did not care to think about His words, though He tried several times to open the future to them. By not believing His words, though He always spoke truth and never deceived them, they did not comprehend the words of the prophets and thought them out of harmony with His words. His prediction of going to Jerusalem and suffering showed that His kingdom was spiritual, not temporal. Peter's affectionate protest that this should not happen to Him was opposed to the mind and will of God and savored the things of men and not the things of God, giving no excuse for human love that would turn aside God's purpose, so Jesus severely rebuked it as Satan and found it offensive.
By such unbelief they were left unprepared for the trying scenes they had to pass through. His death therefore came to them as a surprise that left them in utter hopelessness, bitter disappointment and sorrow, with faith unable to penetrate beyond the shadow Satan cast across their horizon and everything vague and mysterious. If they had believed His words much sorrow would have been spared, and afterward seeing the result of their unbelief filled them with sorrow over it.
The disciples should have remembered the resurrection promise but had nearly forgotten it. As events unfolded Mary remembered His words about what was happening. With such plain foretelling that He would be taken and crucified and would rise again the third day, Thomas's refusal to believe without seeing in His hands the print of the nails and putting his finger into the print and thrusting his hand into His side was unbelief without excuse, which is not commendable in anyone.