Where and when does the Luke 18:31 account take place in Jesus' ministry?
The Luke 18:31 account occurs at the end of Jesus' three-year earthly ministry, in northern Israel near the headwaters of the Jordan River, as He and the twelve are about to go down to Jerusalem for the final days before His crucifixion.
Les explains that Luke 18:31 is set at the end of the three years of Jesus' earthly ministry. At that time Jesus and the twelve are in northern Israel, at the headwaters of the Jordan River, and are about to go back down to Jerusalem for the final days before His crucifixion. Jesus takes the twelve aside and tells them they are going up to Jerusalem, where all things written by the prophets concerning the Son of man will be accomplished: He will be delivered to the Gentiles, mocked, spitefully entreated, spat upon, scourged, put to death, and rise again the third day. Les points out that although they heard Him, they understood none of these things, because God hid it from them; it was not yet time for them to know.
Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished.
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What did Jesus say was about to happen when he and the Twelve went up to Jerusalem in Luke 18:31?
Jesus told the Twelve exactly what would happen when they went up to Jerusalem: all things written by the prophets about the Son of Man would be accomplished.