Expositor's Bible Commentary Commentary Luke 18:33

"and they shall scourge and kill him: and the third day he shall rise again." — Luke 18:33 (ASV)

In this prediction, Jesus for the first time mentions the Gentiles as his executors. Luke attributes the ignorance of the disciples (a theme much emphasized by Mark) to what is apparently a supernatural withholding of understanding (v.34; 24:16).