Luke 18:31-34·~1 min
The Third Prediction of the Passion
Jesus tells the Twelve that they are going up to Jerusalem and that the prophets’ words about the Son of Man will be fulfilled. He names the coming abuse, death, and third-day rising, but the disciples do not understand him.
T31hen Jesus took the Twelve aside and said to them, “Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything the prophets have written about the Son of Man will be fulfilled. 32He will be delivered over to the Gentiles and will be mocked and insulted and spit upon. 33They will flog Him and kill Him, and on the third day He will rise again.” 34But the disciples did not understand any of these things. The meaning was hidden from them, and they did not comprehend what He was saying.
Section summaryJesus takes the Twelve aside and turns them toward Jerusalem, where what the prophets wrote about the Son of Man will be carried out. He speaks of handing over, mocking, shame, flogging, death, and resurrection, while the disciples remain unable to grasp it.
Role in the chapterThis movement sets the route to Jerusalem and the shape of the suffering ahead.