Mark 10:32-34, Jesus Foretells His Death a Third Time

³² And they were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them. And they were amazed, and those who followed were afraid. [What is Jesus doing that causes these opposite reactions?] And taking the twelve again, he began to tell them what was to happen to him, ³³ saying, “See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death and deliver him over to the Gentiles. ³⁴ And they will mock him and spit on him, and flog him and kill him. And after three days he will rise.” [This is the third passion prediction. God’s own people will reject their Messiah and turn him over to the Gentiles to kill him. How grotesque can it get? Note how specific Jesus is about the suffering he will endure.]