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John Gill's Exposition on Mark 8:31
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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And he began to teach them, etc..] For as yet he had said nothing to them about his sufferings and death, at least in express terms; but now they being firmly established in the faith of him, as the Messiah, he thought it proper to inform them, that the son of man must suffer many things; meaning himself, as that he should be betrayed, apprehended, and bound, should be smitten, spit upon, buffeted, and scourged; and which things must be done, and he suffer them, because it was so determined by God, and foretold in the Scriptures: and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests and Scribes; which composed the grand sanhedrim of the nation, and are the builders that were prophesied of by whom he should be rejected, (<19B822>Psalm 118:22), and be killed; in a violent manner; his life be taken away by force, without law, or justice: and after three days rise again: not after three days were ended, and on the fourth day, but after the third day was come; that is, “on the third day”, as the Syriac, Arabic, Persic, and Ethiopic versions read; and even the Pharisees themselves thus understood Christ, (<402763>Matthew 27:63,64), so the phrase, “after eight days”, is used for the eighth day, being come, or that same day a week later; (see <420928>Luke 9:28) compared with (<401701>Matthew 17:1 <432026>John 20:26).
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