Mark 10:32 (GNV)

Passage

And they were in the way going vp to Hierusalem, and Iesus went before them and they were troubled, and as they followed, they were afraide, and Iesus tooke the twelue againe, and began to tell them what things should come vnto him,

Nearby Context

Mark 10:30 But he shall receiue an hundred folde, now at this present, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands with persecutions, and in the world to come, eternall life.

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

Mark 10:32 And they were in the way going vp to Hierusalem, and Iesus went before them and they were troubled, and as they followed, they were afraide, and Iesus tooke the twelue againe, and began to tell them what things should come vnto him,

Mark 10:33 Saying, Beholde, we goe vp to Hierusalem, and the Sonne of man shall be deliuered vnto the hie Priests, and to the Scribes, and they shall condemne him to death, and shall deliuer him to the Gentiles.

Mark 10:34 And they shall mocke him, and scourge him, and spit vpon him, and kill him: but the third day he shall rise againe.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "going", "hierusalem", "iesus", "went", "before", "troubled", "followed", and "afraide". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "going" and "hierusalem", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 31's "But many that are first shall be..." into verse 33's "Saying Beholde we goe vp to Hierusalem...", so "going" and "hierusalem" 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 "going" and "hierusalem" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.