Mark 10:33 (DBY)

Passage

Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man shall be delivered up to the chief priests and to the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him up to the nations:

Nearby Context

Mark 10:31 But many first shall be last, and the last first.

Mark 10:32 And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was going on before them; and they were amazed, and were afraid as they followed. And taking the twelve again to [him], he began to tell them what was going to happen to him:

Mark 10:33 Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man shall be delivered up to the chief priests and to the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him up to the nations:

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

Mark 10:35 And there come to him James and John, the sons of Zebedee, saying [to him], Teacher, we would that whatsoever we may ask thee, thou wouldst do it for us.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "condemn", "behold", "jerusalem", "shall", "delivered", "chief", "priests", and "scribes". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "condemn" and "behold", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 32's "And they were in the way going..." into verse 34's "and they shall mock him and shall...", so "condemn" and "behold" 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 "condemn" and "behold" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.