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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.
Mark 10:34 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB They will mock him, spit on him, scourge him, and kill him. On the third day he will rise again.”
  • BSB who will mock Him and spit on Him and flog Him and kill Him. And after three days He will 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 did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands,
  • Mark 14:65And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike him with the palms of their hands.
  • Matt 16:21From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.
  • Luke 22:63–65And the men that held Jesus mocked him, and smote him.
  • Mark 15:17–20And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about his head,
  • Isa 50:6I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
  • Mark 15:29–31And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days,
  • Luke 23:35–39And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God.
  • Luke 23:11And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate.
  • John 19:2–3And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe,
  • Mark 14:63Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What need we any further witnesses?
  • John 1:17For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
  • Matt 12:39–40But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:
  • Ps 16:10For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
  • John 2:10And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now.
  • 1 Cor 15:4And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
  • Isa 53:3He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
  • Job 30:10They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.
  • Ps 22:6–8But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.
  • Hos 6:2After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
  • Ps 22:13They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
  • Matt 27:27–44Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers.

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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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