As they were gathering together in Galilee, Jesus told them, 

"The Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men.

They will kill him,

and on the third day he will be raised up."

And they were deeply distressed.

Matthew 17:22-23 CSB

Jesus couldn't have been any clearer, yet it seems that the disciples didn't understand, didn't remember, or perhaps were so overwhelmed by all that happened around Jesus death, that they simply couldn't make sense of it. 

We see Jesus life, and his death, and his resurrection, from a distance.

I wonder what it was like to be so up close.

To not quite understand Jesus meaning. Was this all some kind of metaphor?

What was it like to be living under the terror regime of the Romans? 

What was it like to see your Rabbi executed?

The person you've invested everything in.

I'm not sure how I'd be in their shoes (sandals) either.

Would I remember these words of Jesus and hold hope that they were true after witnessing his crucifixion?

They were deeply distressed.

This didn't sound like victory or hope or a future, it seems what they heard traumatic, and they were fearful, sad...and human.

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