MARK 10:32 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus went before them: and they were amazed; and as they followed, they were afraid. And he took again the twelve, and began to tell them what things should happen unto him,”
They were on their way up to Jerusalem, with Jesus leading the way, and the disciples were astonished, while those who followed were afraid. Again he took the Twelve aside and told them what was going to happen to him — the journey to Jerusalem is described with distinctive emotional texture: Jesus is leading, the disciples are astonished, the following crowd is afraid. The astonishment and fear communicate that something about Jesus' manner and direction communicates the danger ahead. Jesus takes the Twelve aside for the third passion prediction — the most detailed of the three.
Church Fathers on Mark 10:32
The disciples remembered the discourse in which the Lord had foretold that He was about to suffer many things from the chief priests and scribes, and therefore in going up to Jerusalem, they were amazed. And this is what is meant, when it is said, 'And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus went before them.'
To shew that He runs to meet His Passion, and that He does not refuse death, for the sake of our salvation; and they were amazed, and as they followed, they were afraid.
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