REFLECTION:
"Something prevented them from grasping what he meant.” Living with somebody everyday does not make you capable of predicting his or her fate.
A wife can still be surprised about her husband. A skillful assistant can still be caught off-guard before his manager.
Our inability to predict and make sense of people we deeply know is caused largely by our self-focused expectations.
The apostles are shocked by Jesus’ pronouncement even if Jesus already intimated these things before.
They read Jesus’ words only according to the way they receive them not how others could be hurt by them.
They do not read well the many oppositions to Jesus along the way. Above all, they do not sense that even in their very own circle there is an opposition.
As disciples of Jesus, we can suffer the same fate.
© Copyright Bible Diary 2020