JESUS PREDICTS HIS GLORIOUS DEATH AND RESURRECTION

Matthew 20:17-34
Key Verses: 20:18-19

    "We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be betrayed
     to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will
     condemn him to death and will turn him over to the Gentiles to be
     mocked and flogged and crucified. On the third day he will be
     raised to life!"

 
1. What did Jesus again tell his disciples about his immediate future?
   Why did he refer to himself as the "Son of Man" (Jn 1:14)? How is
   God's world salvation work revealed in verses 18-19? By whom and why
   was he tortured and killed?

2. What is the meaning of his death? (Isa 53) What does it mean that on
   the third day the Son of Man will be raised to life? What is our
   living hope? (1Pe 1:3-4)

3. Read verses 20-28. What did the mother of Zebedee's sons request?
   Why? Did she understand Jesus? How did he answer? Why could he not
   give them what they asked? Why were the ten indignant?

4. What did Jesus teach them all about true greatness? Why did they
   need this lesson?

5. What did the blind man believe about Jesus? Why did the crowd try to
   silence them? What did Jesus do? What was their request? How did
   Jesus respond to their request?