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17–19. JESUS GOING UP TO JERUSALEM FORETELLS HIS PASSION FOR THE THIRD TIME
See chs. Mat 16:21, Mat 17:22-23; and Mar 10:32-34; Luk 18:31-34. St Mark and St Luke add ‘shall spit upon him’ (Mark); ‘shall be spitted on’ (Luke); St Matthew alone names ‘crucifixion;’ St Luke, who mentions only the share which the Gentiles had in the Passion, adds ‘they understood none of these things, and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken.’
The disciples, as Jews, still placed their hopes in the present world: ‘what shall we have?’ They still thought Jesus might be using a figure of speech. Jesus was alone in the certainty of His awful secret. He had no sympathy from His followers.
For distinctive points in the several predictions of the Passion see notes ch. Mat 17:22-23.