He even prepared his disciples for this outcome, saying: “Here we are, advancing 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 will deliver him to men of the nations, and they will make fun of him and will spit upon him and scourge him and kill him. ” ​ — Mark 10: 33, 34.
Par to visu Jēzus jau pirms tam stāstīja saviem mācekļiem, teikdams: ” Redzi, mēs eimam uz Jeruzālemi, un Cilvēka Dēlu nodos augstajiem priesteriem un rakstu mācītājiem, un tie viņu notiesās uz nāvi un viņu nodos pagāniem. Un tie viņu apmēdīs un apspļaudīs un to šautīs un nonāvēs. ”