And they will kill him, and he will be raised on the third day. And they were greatly distressed. The death and resurrection paired in the second passion prediction: kill and raised on the third day. The disciples' great distress communicates that the first passion prediction (Matthew 16:21) has not fully prepared them for the repeated announcement. The resurrection announcement does not comfort the distress: the disciples cannot yet receive the resurrection hope as a genuine comfort for the death announcement.

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