Mark 10:32-34·~1 min
The Third Prediction of the Passion
Jesus walks ahead on the road to Jerusalem, and the Twelve hear again the shape of his coming rejection and death. The prediction closes with the promised rising after three days.
A32s they were going up the road to Jerusalem, Jesus was walking ahead of them. The disciples were amazed, but those who followed were afraid. Again Jesus took the Twelve aside and began to tell them what was going to happen to Him: 33“Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and scribes. They will condemn Him to death and will deliver Him over to the Gentiles, 34who will mock Him and spit on Him and flog Him and kill Him. And after three days He will rise again.”
Section summaryAs Jesus leads the Twelve toward Jerusalem, their fear and amazement frame a third passion prediction. He names delivery to the chief priests and scribes, condemnation, handover to the Gentiles, mockery, spitting, flogging, death, and resurrection after three days.
Role in the chapterThis section fixes Jerusalem as the place of suffering and rise, spoken before it happens.