He Again Predicts His Death and Resurrection

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We see that they have journeyed from the base of Mt Hermon, south into the Providence of Galilee. Here Jesus gathers His Disciples around Him and again attempts to explain the events that must follow in His life in about one year. We will use, primarily, Matthew's account.

Jesus had attempted to explain this two times before. Once to Nicodemus (John 3:1-21) and the second time to the Disciples a few months before prior to going up on the Mt of Transfiguration (Matt. 16:21-28). That time, Peter said it was never going to happen and Jesus said to Peter, "Get thee behind me, Satan." Notice this time Peter Keeps his mouth shut and simply expresses distress and regret.

Notice the events that Jesus tells them about.

  1. He would be delivered up, or betrayed. Betrayal can only be accomplished by someone close to you. The word indicated an action by someone who is aligned by nature or by mutual concerns from whom we would expect loyalty. So Jesus was telling them that someone close to them would betray Him.
  2. They would kill Him. Whoever He is speaking about, is not spelled out here. The reason, because they are not important. What is important is the reason that He would be killed. It was necessary that Jesus be killed for two reasons:
    1. Nothing less than that would satisfy the anger of those who hated Him.
    2. Nothing less than that would atone for our sins.
  3. He would be raised on the third day. He could not speak of His death without speaking of His resurrection. In speaking of His resurrection:
    1. He gave assurance and encouragement to His Disciples.
    2. He also gave assurance to Himself.
    3. He assured the Disciples that He would only be gone for 3 days.

Now, how did the Disciples receive all of this? The were exceedingly distressed or sorry. This must have been a simplified explanation of what was going on in their minds. But at least it indicates something of their love for Jesus. It also indicates their ignorance of His mission and their inability to do anything about it.


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