Who will mock him and spit on him, flog him and kill him. Three days later he will rise — the Gentile treatment of Jesus is specified: mocking, spitting, flogging, killing. Each element will be confirmed in the passion narrative (Mark 14:65, 15:15–20). Three days later he will rise: the resurrection is stated as confidently as the passion — the same foreknowledge, the same voluntary acceptance. The passion prediction is the most complete summary of the Gospel's climax available before the events occur.

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