And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. And they were exceeding sorry.
The verse foretells that the Son of man would be betrayed into the hands of men, killed or put to death, and raised again on the third day. It was spoken on the journey through Galilee as special, repeated instruction to the first disciples to prepare their minds for the scenes before Him in Jerusalem. That preparation was for the trial and test of faith they must endure in His rejection and crucifixion by the Jews.
The disciples did not understand or comprehend His words even then, leaving them unready to understand His death and resurrection. The announcement cast a shadow of great sorrow over them and filled them with deep sorrow. Even in their sorrow they remained caught up in rivalry, disputing which should be greatest in the kingdom, because their hopes that the kingdom would soon be established led them to focus on rank and office. If they had accepted and discussed His plain words, they would have found consolation in the coming bereavement and disappointment.
His death fulfilled the first part of the disclosure, making His resurrection just as certain to fulfill the final part. The disciples should have remembered this prediction but did not, while the chief priests and Pharisees remembered that He had said He would rise after three days.
The verse foretells that the Son of man would be betrayed into the hands of men, killed or put to death, and raised again on the third day. It was spoken on the journey through Galilee as special, repeated instruction to the first disciples to prepare their minds for the scenes before Him in Jerusalem. That preparation was for the trial and test of faith they must endure in His rejection and crucifixion by the Jews.
The disciples did not understand or comprehend His words even then, leaving them unready to understand His death and resurrection. The announcement cast a shadow of great sorrow over them and filled them with deep sorrow. Even in their sorrow they remained caught up in rivalry, disputing which should be greatest in the kingdom, because their hopes that the kingdom would soon be established led them to focus on rank and office. If they had accepted and discussed His plain words, they would have found consolation in the coming bereavement and disappointment.
His death fulfilled the first part of the disclosure, making His resurrection just as certain to fulfill the final part. The disciples should have remembered this prediction but did not, while the chief priests and Pharisees remembered that He had said He would rise after three days.