Charles Spurgeon Commentary Mark 10:32

"And they were on the way, going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus was going before them: and they were amazed; and they that followed were afraid. And he took again the twelve, and began to tell them the things that were to happen unto him," — Mark 10:32 (ASV)

And they were amazed; and as they followed, they were afraid.

They did not know much about what was to happen, but a great depression was upon their spirits. They must have wondered at the cheerful bravery of their Master when all of them were ready to turn back from this mournful march.

And Jesus went before them:

The disciples might well have been filled with holy courage as their Leader was at the forefront. This is true concerning the whole life of all the saints: Jesus went before them. What if trials lie beyond, and the dark river itself is in front of them? Yet Jesus goes before them, so they need not fear to follow.

And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem;

It was well known to them all that the crisis of our Saviour's history was close at hand, and a sort of indefinable dread was upon them all. The bravest spirit in the whole company was their blessed Lord and Master. He knew that he was going up to Jerusalem to die, so you may view him as the Sacrifice going to the altar, or as the Hero going to the conflict in which he would die and yet conquer.

They were in the way going up to Jerusalem; –