Expositor's Bible Commentary Commentary Matthew 20:19

"and shall deliver him unto the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify: and the third day he shall be raised up." — Matthew 20:19 (ASV)

Jerusalem was the focal point of Jewish worship. We are going there, Jesus says, because there the Son of Man will be betrayed and crucified. He will be “condemned”—his death will result from legal proceedings (v.18). Mention of the Resurrection is brief (v.19) and apparently not understood (cf. Lk 18:34) —though in Matthew the disciples’ misunderstanding is not spelled out as in Luke but exemplified by the succeeding story (vv.20–28).