"While JESUS was in Galilee with the Twelve, HE said to them, 'The Son of Man will be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill HIM. But HE will rise on the third day.' The Twelve were deeply grieved." - Matthew 17:22-23
(Several times JESUS announced HIS death: see 16:21; 20:17. Never did HE present it as a misfortune that might counteract HIS mission. John will say that JESUS looked for it as the means for giving glory to HIS FATHER and reconciling humankind [John 17]. JESUS speaks of HIMSELF in the third person: the Son of Man, because HE looks at HIS destiny as an outsider. This is the will of HIS FATHER, and HE is not concerned about HIMSELF.)
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