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who will mock Him and spit on Him and flog Him and kill Him. And after three days He will rise again.”
Mark 10:34 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB They will mock him, spit on him, scourge him, and kill him. On the third day he will rise again.”
  • KJV And they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him: and the third day he shall rise again.
  • NKJV and they will mock Him, and scourge Him, and spit on Him, and kill Him. And the third day He will rise again.”
  • NASB And they will mock Him and spit on Him, and flog Him and kill Him; and three days later He will rise from the dead.”
  • NLT They will mock him, spit on him, flog him with a whip, and kill him, but after three days he will rise again.”

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Quick answer

Jesus foretells mocking, spitting, scourging, death, and resurrection on the third day. He embraces the full horror of the cross and the certainty of his rising.

Overview

The graphic catalog of suffering that follows is fulfilled precisely in the passion narrative. Yet Jesus ends every prediction with the resurrection, the triumph beyond the tomb. His foreknowledge and willing endurance reveal both his deity and his self-giving love as the One who gives his life as a ransom for many.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 22

  • Matt 26:67Then they spit in His face and struck Him. Others slapped Him
  • Mark 14:65Then some of them began to spit on Him. They blindfolded Him, struck Him with their fists, and said to Him, “Prophesy!” And the officers received Him with slaps in His face.
  • Matt 16:21From that time on Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and that He must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.
  • Luke 22:63–65The men who were holding Jesus began to mock Him and beat Him.
  • Mark 15:17–20They dressed Him in a purple robe, twisted together a crown of thorns, and set it on His head.
  • Isa 50:6I offered My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who tore out My beard. I did not hide My face from scorn and spittle.
  • Mark 15:29–31And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads and saying, “Aha! You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,
  • Luke 23:35–39The people stood watching, and the rulers sneered at Him, saying, “He saved others; let Him save Himself if He is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.”
  • Luke 23:11And even Herod and his soldiers ridiculed and mocked Him. Dressing Him in a fine robe, they sent Him back to Pilate.
  • John 19:2–3The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns, set it on His head, and dressed Him in a purple robe.
  • Mark 14:63At this, the high priest tore his clothes and declared, “Why do we need any more witnesses?
  • John 1:17For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
  • Matt 12:39–40Jesus replied, “A wicked and adulterous generation demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.
  • Ps 16:10For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
  • John 2:10and said, “Everyone serves the fine wine first, and then the cheap wine after the guests are drunk. But you have saved the fine wine until now!”
  • 1 Cor 15:4that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,
  • Isa 53:3He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.
  • Job 30:10They abhor me and keep far from me; they do not hesitate to spit in my face.
  • Ps 22:6–8But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people.
  • Hos 6:2After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His presence.
  • Ps 22:13They open their jaws against me like lions that roar and maul.
  • Matt 27:27–44Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company around Him.

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Christ at the center

Mark drives urgently to the cross, showing Jesus the Son of God as the suffering Servant who 'came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.'

How Mark 10:34 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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