Matthew 20:18

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Matthew 20:17-19

This is the third time that Christ gave his disciples notice of his approaching sufferings; he was not going up to Jerusalem to celebrate the passover, and to offer up himself the great Passover; both must be done at Jerusalem: there the passover must be kept (Deut. 12:5), and there a prophet must perish, because there the great Sanhedrim sat, who were judges in that case, Luke 13:33. Observe, I. The privacy of this prediction; He took the twelve disciples apart in the way. This was one of... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 20:17-19

20:17-19 As he was going up to Jerusalem, Jesus took the twelve disciples apart, and said to them, while they were on the road, "Look you, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and the Scribes, and they will condemn him to death, and they will hand him over to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify; and on the third day he will be raised." This is the third time that Jesus warned his disciples that he was on the way to the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 20:18

Behold, we go up to Jerusalem ,.... This is the last time of our going thither; observe, and take notice of what I am about to say; some extraordinary things will come to pass, and, as Luke relates that he said, all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man, shall be accomplished ; everything that is recorded in Psalm 22:1 , and in Isaiah 53:1 , or in any other prophecies of the Old Testament, relating to the ill treatment the Messiah should meet with, to his... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 20:18

The Son of man shall be betrayed - Or, will be delivered up. This is the third time that our Lord informed his disciples of his approaching sufferings and death. This was a subject of the utmost importance, and it was necessary they should be well prepared for such an awful event. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 20:18

Verse 18 18.Lo, we go up to Jerusalem. Hence we perceive that Christ was endued with divine fortitude for overcoming the terrors of death, for he knowingly and willingly hastens to undergo it. (649) For why does he, without any constraint, march forward to suffer a shocking murder, but because the invincible power of the Spirit enabled him to subdue fear, and raised him above all human feelings? By a minute detail of the circumstances, he gives a still more evident proof of his Divinity. For he... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 20:17-19

Third and fuller prediction of Jesus 's ufferings and death . ( Mark 10:32-34 ; Luke 18:31-34 .) read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 20:17-19

Predictions of the Passion. I. JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM . 1 . The Lord . He was going up now for the last time to the holy city. His work in Galilee, in Peraea, was over; it seemed to have ended in disappointment, His popularity was not what it had been; his enemies had to a large extent succeeded (or seemed to have succeeded) in undermining his influence. He was "a Man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief." A few days of thankless labour awaited him at Jerusalem, and then the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 20:17-19

Prophetic anticipations. The roads are now crowded with people journeying to Jerusalem to celebrate there the great annual Feast of the Passover (see Deuteronomy 16:1-7 ). Jesus separated his disciples from the crowd, probably by retiring into some sylvan shade to rest, that he might discourse to them privately of his approaching Passion. His discourse evinces— I. A DIVINE FOREKNOWLEDGE . 1 . It anticipated his betrayal . 2 . It anticipated the malignity of the rulers .... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 20:18

Behold . This exclamation would seem to indicate that the events predicted were very near at hand, as it were, already in sight. Shall be betrayed; παραδοθη ì σεται : shall be delivered ; the same word as in the next verse. God "spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all" ( Romans 8:32 ). The special agent of this betrayal is not here named. Of his future crime, Judas, one of the twelve, had probably no thought, the devil not having yet put it into his heart. ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 20:18

Anticipations of betrayal. It is not often set out prominently that the chief ingredient in our Lord's sorrowful anticipations was his betrayal by one of his disciples. There is no greater distress comes to us in life than the unfaithfulness of trusted friends. The psalmist wails in this way ( Psalms 4:1-8 :12-14): "For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it... but it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance." The dealings of our Lord with... read more

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