Mr 10:32-45. THIRD EXPLICIT AND STILL FULLER ANNOUNCEMENT OF HIS APPROACHING SUFFERINGS, DEATH, AND RESURRECTION--THE AMBITIOUS REQUEST OF JAMES AND JOHN, AND THE REPLY. ( = Mt 20:17-28; Lu 18:31-34).

      Third Announcement of His approaching Sufferings, Death, and Resurrection (Mr 10:32-34).

      32. And they were in the way--on the road.
      going up to Jerusalem--in Perea, and probably somewhere between Ephraim and Jericho, on the farther side of the Jordan, and to the northeast of Jerusalem.
      and Jesus went before them--as GROTIUS says, in the style of an intrepid Leader.
      and they were amazed--or "struck with astonishment" at His courage in advancing to certain death.
      and as they followed, they were afraid--for their own safety. These artless, lifelike touches--not only from an eye-witness, but one whom the noble carriage of the Master struck with wonder and awe--are peculiar to Mark, and give the second Gospel a charm all its own; making us feel as if we ourselves were in the midst of the scenes it describes. Well might the poet exclaim:

      And he took again the twelve--referring to His previous announcements on this sad subject.
      and began to tell them what things should happen unto him--"were going to befall Him." The word expresses something already begun but not brought to a head, rather than something wholly future.

JFB.