5. Jesus knew that Jerusalem would give him up to the Gentiles to crucify, and told the twelve so.
The next reference to the cross may be where Jesus says to the twelve, " Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn Him to death, and shall deliver Him to the Gentiles [so far for Jerusalem] to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify." (Matt. 20:18, 19.) Thus we see that the crucifixion of
Jesus was done by the Gentiles: given up by the Jews to them for this purpose, and they executing it. And the blessed Lord foresaw it all; but He hid not His face from spitting, nor His cheek from them that plucked off the hair.