How unsuspecting were the twelve apostles about what was about to happen to Jesus?
The Twelve were totally unsuspecting and understood none of what Jesus plainly foretold. He said all things written by the prophets about the Son of Man would be accomplished, including His suffering, death, and resurrection, yet they grasped not a word. They should have known from the Old Testament, but they did not.
Les teaches that the Twelve were totally unsuspecting of what was about to happen in spite of their knowledge of the Old Testament. As he puts it, they should have known, but they didn't. Jesus took the Twelve and told them they were going up to Jerusalem, and all things written by the prophets concerning the Son of Man would be accomplished. Everything that was about to take place had already been foretold: His suffering, death, resurrection, ascension, and coming again. Les notes that Psalms is full of it, and that does not even mention Isaiah and the others. Jesus then spelled it out plainly: He would be delivered to the Gentiles, mocked, spitefully entreated, spitted on, scourged, put to death, and rise again the third day. Yet the next verse says they understood none—not a word.
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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