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Mat_17:22-23. Comp. Mar_9:30 ff.; Luk_9:43 ff.
While they were still in Galilee ( ἀναστρεφ ., Xen. Cyr. viii. 8. 7, Mem. iv. 3. 8; Thuc. viii. 94; Jos_5:5), and before they entered Capernaum (Mat_17:24), Jesus once more (comp. Mat_16:21) intimated to His disciples His approaching sufferings, death, and resurrection. This is not a meaningless repetition of Mat_16:21 (Köstlin, Hilgenfeld); but this matter was introduced again because Jesus knew how much they required to be prepared for the impending crisis.
εἰς χεῖρας ἀνθρ .] into men’s hands, uttered with a painful feeling, sensible as He was of the contrast between such a fate and what He knew to be His divine dignity. It was in keeping with the feelings now present to the mind of Jesus, not to indicate that fate with so much detail as on the former occasion (Mat_16:21).
ἐλυπήθησαν σφόδρα ] therefore not impressed by the announcement of the resurrection, although it is said to have been made with so much clearness and precision. This announcement, however, is not found in Luke. See note on Mat_16:21.