And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them,
On His final journey up to Jerusalem, Jesus took the twelve disciples apart privately in the way to tell them His future. He deliberately foretold that the Son of man would be betrayed to the chief priests and scribes and condemned to death. He added that He would be delivered to the Gentiles to be mocked and scourged and crucified, and would rise again the third day, in fulfillment of the prophets' predictions about Him.
The prediction was repeated, wonderful instruction never to lose its force. It was given beforehand so that when His crucifixion and burial came the disciples would not give way to sorrow, hopeless discouragement, and dying faith but would see light amid darkness. The disciples did not understand because they expected Him to establish a temporal kingdom and were unwilling to believe He would be rejected and killed. Their disbelief left them unprepared for the trials ahead.
On His final journey up to Jerusalem, Jesus took the twelve disciples apart privately in the way to tell them His future. He deliberately foretold that the Son of man would be betrayed to the chief priests and scribes and condemned to death. He added that He would be delivered to the Gentiles to be mocked and scourged and crucified, and would rise again the third day, in fulfillment of the prophets' predictions about Him.
The prediction was repeated, wonderful instruction never to lose its force. It was given beforehand so that when His crucifixion and burial came the disciples would not give way to sorrow, hopeless discouragement, and dying faith but would see light amid darkness. The disciples did not understand because they expected Him to establish a temporal kingdom and were unwilling to believe He would be rejected and killed. Their disbelief left them unprepared for the trials ahead.