Mark 10:32-34 “Taking the Twelve aside again, he began to tell them the things that would happen to him.” From the number of these sentences, it is clear that our Savior entered into a detailed account of his sufferings, dwelling on each particular that he plainly foresaw.  He does not describe them in general terms. He knew not only that he must die, but he knew all the circumstances of pain and shame with which that death should be attended. They would condemn him, hand him over to the Gentiles, mock him, spit on him, flog him, and kill him. I think, too, that as our Lord thus dwells on each point, he means for us also to dwell on the details of his redeeming griefs.  He would not himself thus have divided it out and laid it out piece by piece if he had not intended for us to do so with it.  We should not be strangers at the foot of the cross , nor in Gethsemane, but should hear each one of these notes ring out its sorrowful yet joyful music. But what a glad note that concluding o

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