“For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day.”
Because he was teaching his disciples, saying: the Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men. They will kill him, and after three days he will rise — the second passion prediction is shorter and in some ways more stark than the first. The Son of Man is going to be delivered — the passive communicates divine agency as well as human betrayal: delivered by Judas, but ultimately delivered in the plan of God. Into the hands of men: the one who has authority over all things will be handed over to the power of human beings. The paradox of the passion is total: the Lord of creation delivered to creatures.
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