While they were staying in Galilee, Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is about to be delivered up into the hands of men,
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 22. They were troubled exceedingly, not being able to comprehend the mystery of Christ’s sufferings and death, which were so opposite to the notions they had of the glorious kingdom of the Messias. Witham.—This grief was the consequence of their attachment to their divine Master. They were ignorant, as Saint Mark and Saint Luke notice, of the word that was spoken. They full well understood that he would be put to death, but did not sufficiently comprehend the shortness of his rest in the grave, the nature of his triumphant resurrection, nor the inestimable benefits which his death would bring on the world. Saint John Chrysostom hom. lix.