<p>18:32 <i>For he shall be delivered up to the Gentiles, and shall be mocked and shamefully treated, and spat upon</i>- See on 1 Thess. 2:2. As noted on :15, this refers to the judgments upon Israel in Is. 50:2,6. The Greek for &quot;delivered up&quot; means literally &lsquo;to hand over&rsquo;; the idea of betrayal was maybe implicit, but not as explicit as in the English word &lsquo;betrayed&rsquo;. The word is very common on the lips of the Lord, as if He saw the moment of &lsquo;handing over&rsquo; as the quintessence of all His sufferings- the hand over from God&rsquo;s providential protection to the powers of darkness. He has just spoken of how the Pharisee treated the tax collector shamefully, and the unjust judge had no shame in shaming those who needed justice. The Lord is asking them to see that He is the one identified with those weak, marginalized, sinful people; and will suffer at the hands of those in secular power just as they had done.</p>