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Mat_20:17-19. According to the Synoptists, Jesus now takes occasion, as He approaches Jerusalem ( ἀναβ . εἰς Ἱερος . is the continuation of the journey mentioned in Mat_19:1), to intimate to His disciples more plainly and distinctly than before (Mat_16:21, Mat_17:22) His impending fate. Comp. Mar_10:32 ff.; Luk_18:31 ff. κατʼ ἰδίαν ] διότι οὐκ ἔδει ταῦτα μαθεῖν τοὺς πολλοὺς , ἵνα μὴ σκανδαλισθῶσιν , Euthymius Zigabenus. There were others travelling along with them.
θανάτῳ ] dative of direction: even to death. See Winer, p. 197 f. [E. T. 263]. This is in accordance with later Greek usage. Comp. Wis_2:20; 2Pe_2:6; Lobeck, ad Phryn. p. 475; Grimm’s note on Wisd. as above. On the prediction of the resurrection, see note on Mat_16:21.