Apr 6 - The Long Walk to Jerusalem

Read Mark 10:32-34

Context: After the Transfiguration, Jesus and the disciples left Capernaum and went to the region of Judea across the Jordon. Along the way the Pharisees tried to trip him up with questions about divorce, parents brought their children to him to be blessed, and he met a rich young ruler who wanted to know what he had to do inherit eternal life

Text:
32They were on their way up to Jerusalem, with Jesus leading the way, and the disciples were astonished, while those who followed were afraid. Again he took the Twelve aside and told them what was going to happen to him. 33"We are going up to Jerusalem," he said, "and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and teachers of the law. They will condemn him to death and will hand him over to the Gentiles, 34who will mock him and spit on him, flog him and kill him. Three days later he will rise." (NIV)

taken from www.biblegateway.com

In this chapter of Mark there is no indication that the disciples really heard Jesus. The next verses portray the discussion the James and John had with him about who got to sit at his right and left hand in heaven. I imagine it frustrated the human part of Jesus that those who were his best friends were arguing about something so pointless when he was facing incredible pain and betrayal in just a few days. I wonder if he argued with himself about each step he took...the man in him wanting to run the other way and the God knowing it was the only way to save the world.