Mark 10:32-34--Jesus Foretells His Death a Third Time

Mark 10:32-34
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Jesus Foretells His Death a Third Time
32 And they were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them. And they were amazed, and those who followed were afraid. And taking the twelve again, he began to tell them what was to happen to him, 33 saying, “See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death and deliver him over to the Gentiles. 34 And they will mock him and spit on him, and flog him and kill him. And after three days he will rise.”

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Jesus is getting closer and closer to Jerusalem where He knows he will be arrested, tried, convicted, and put to death for crimes He was not guilty of.  He's trying to prepare His disciples for what is about to happen by telling them plainly along the way that all these things are going to happen and must happen.  The first time He said this, Peter argued with Him.  The second time He talked to them about this, they were confused, but no one dared to ask Him about it.  This time there will be another poor reaction (we'll get to that tomorrow), but at least they were halfway listening to the part about Him going away soon this time.

They could not understand that the Messiah's purpose was to go through all this, and if they understood the talk of his crucifixion, they definitely did not understand the talk of His resurrection on the third day.  They were kept from understanding this until after the Resurrection had taken place, but there was a group who heard it and did understand it--the Pharisees and chief priests.  Though they heard and remembered His words, they did not believe them though.  We'll talk more about that as the story progresses.