Matthew 20:17-23
The first thing that we should notice in these verses, is the clear announcement which the Lord Jesus Christ makes of His own approaching death. For the third time we find Him telling His disciples the astounding truth that He, their wonder-working Master, must soon suffer and die.
The Lord Jesus knew from the beginning all that was before Him. The treachery of Judas Iscariot, the fierce persecution of chief priests and scribes, the unjust judgment, the delivery to Pontius Pilate, the mocking, the scourging, the crown of thorns, the cross, the hanging between two malefactors, the nails, the spear — all were spread before His mind like a picture.