Mark 10:34 (ASV)

Passage

and they shall mock him, and shall spit upon him, and shall scourge him, and shall kill him; and after three days he shall rise again.

Nearby Context

Mark 10:32 And they were on the way, going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus was going before them: and they were amazed; and they that followed were afraid. And he took again the twelve, and began to tell them the things that were to happen unto him,

Mark 10:33 [saying], Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests and the scribes; and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him unto the Gentiles:

Mark 10:34 and they shall mock him, and shall spit upon him, and shall scourge him, and shall kill him; and after three days he shall rise again.

Mark 10:35 And there come near unto him James and John, the sons of Zebedee, saying unto him, Teacher, we would that thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we shall ask of thee.

Mark 10:36 And he said unto them, What would ye that I should do for you?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "shall", "mock", "spit", "upon", and "scourge". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "shall" and "mock", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 33's "saying Behold we go up to Jerusalem..." into verse 35's "And there come near unto him James...", so "shall" and "mock" belong inside that flow. In Mark context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "shall" and "mock" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.