"THE GOSPEL OF MARK"
Jesus Predicts His Passion And Resurrection (10:32-34)
INTRODUCTION
1. On three separate occasions, Jesus predicted His passion and
resurrection...
a. In the region of Caesarea Philippi, He emphasized the necessity
- Mk 8:31
b. While traveling through Galilee, He stressed the certainty - Mk9:31
c. Now on the road to Jerusalem, He describes it in greater detail
- Mk 10:32-34
2. If you have ever faced an impending ordeal...
a. You know the anticipation itself adds to the trial
b. The anxiety and stress of knowing what it is to come
[As we remember what Jesus did to save us, do not overlook the burden of
knowing in advance what He would suffer, and what helped Him to endure.
So let's look a closer look, beginning with...]
I. THE SETTING
A. ON THE ROAD TO JERUSALEM...
1. Making their way from beyond the Jordan via Jericho - Mk10:1,46
2. This was Jesus' last trip to Jerusalem
B. THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY WALKED...
1. Jesus taking the lead - Mk 10:32
2. The disciples following behind - Mk 10:32 (NLT)
3. The people further behind - Mk 10:32 (NLT)
C. THE ATTITUDES AS THEY WALKED...
1. Jesus with steadfast determination - cf. Lk 9:51
2. The disciples filled with awe, perhaps by Jesus' determination
- Mk 10:32 (NLT)
3. The people overwhelmed with fear, perhaps knowing the danger
Jesus and His followers faced in Jerusalem - Mk 10:32 (NLT);
cf. Jn 9:22; 11:8,57
[At some point, Jesus takes the twelve apostles aside and begins to tell
them what will happen to Him...]
II. THE PREDICTION
A. HE WILL BE BETRAYED...
1. Betrayed to the chief priests and to the scribes - Mk 10:33
2. Referring to the Sanhedrin, the Supreme Court of the Jews
3. Fulfilled - Mk 14:41-46
B. HE WILL BE CONDEMNED...
1. Condemned to death and delivered to the Gentiles - Mk 10:33
2. Referring to the Romans, who alone had the authority to put to
death - cf. Jn 18:31
3. Fulfilled - Mk 14:55-64
C. HE WILL BE MOCKED...
1. Treated with contempt, ridiculed - Mk 10:34
2. To imitate with mockery and derision
3. Fulfilled - Mk 15:16-20,29-32
D. HE WILL BE SCOURGED...
1. To be whipped, punished severely - Mk 10:34
2. "Under the Roman method of 'scourging,' the person was stripped
and tied in a bending posture to a pillar, or stretched on a
frame. The "scourge" was made of leather thongs, weighted with
sharp pieces of bone or lead, which tore the flesh of both the
back and the breast." - Vine
3. Fulfilled - Mk 15:15
E. HE WILL BE SPIT ON...
1. With saliva or phlegm
2. Done with anger or contempt - Mk 10:34
3. Fulfilled - Mk 14:65; 15:19
F. HE WILL BE KILLED...
1. Death would follow His mockery and torture - Mk 10:34
2. Jesus knew the manner of death: crucifixion! - cf. Mt 20:19
3. Fulfilled - Mk 15:24,37
G. HE WILL RISE THE THIRD DAY...
1. Resurrected from the dead - Mk 10:34
2. Foretold very early in His ministry - cf. Jn 2:19-22
3. Fulfilled - Mk 16:1-7
CONCLUSION
1. When Jesus predicted His passion and resurrection...
a. The first time, Peter took Jesus aside and rebuked Him - Mk8:31-33
b. The second time, the disciples did not understand and refused to
ask Him - Mk 9:31-32
c. The third time, there is no dispute (though they may have still
been confused)
2. What strikes me about these three predictions...
a. Is that it reveals that Jesus knew what would happen to Him!
b. The stress and anxiety from anticipation only added to His
suffering for us!
3. How was Jesus able to press on, knowing what was to come...?
a. The writer to the Hebrews reveals the answer - cf. He 12:2
b. He encourages us to "consider Him...lest you become weary and
discouraged" - He 12:3
Yes, let's consider how He died, but also He faced knowing what awaited
Him. As Erdman wrote...
"Let us pause to gaze on that face and form, the Son of God, going with
unfaltering step toward the Cross! Does it not awaken us to new heroism,
as we follow; does it not awaken new love as we see how voluntary was
His death for us; yet do we not wonder at the meaning and the mystery of
that death?"
