The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 17:23
Hints concerning the coming Resurrection. "The third day he shall be raised again." Our Lord tried to prepare his disciples for his resurrection by frequent allusions to it, and yet they never seemed to be able to take it into their souls. Perhaps they thought he was only speaking in his usual figurative and paradoxical way, though what he really meant they were unable to guess. The disciples would not allow themselves to contemplate their Lord's violent death; and they could not else to... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 17:23
Shall be raised again ( ἐγερθη ì σεται ); be wakened . This was always a subject of perplexity; and indeed, according to the other synoptists, "they understood not the saying; it was hid from them, and they perceived it not, and were afraid to ask him." Were exceeding sorry. They no longer rebuke him, as Peter had done ( Matthew 16:22 ), or try to divert him from his purpose; they begin to realize the position, and to anticipate with poignant sorrow the overthrow of their... read more