Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Matthew 20:17-19

And as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way he said to them, “See, we are going up to Jerusalem. And the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death and deliver him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified, and he will be raised on the third day.”


This conversation also appears in Mark 10:32-34 and Luke 18:31-34 (in which we learn that the twelve understood none of what He said).

Jesus also foretold His death in Matthew 12:38-42; 16:21-28; 17:22-23. He knew exactly what was about to happen, but He never wavered from His determination to do His Father’s will.

Jesus never mentioned the cross to His disciples without also mentioning the resurrection.

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