<p>9:22 <i>Saying: The Son of Man must- </i>The usage of&nbsp;<i>dei </i>&quot;must&quot;is so common in the Lord's discussion of His death.</p><p><i>Suffer many things- </i>The phrase is used elsewhere of the sick woman who had &quot;suffered many things&quot; at the hands of &quot;many physicians&quot; (Mk. 5:26), and yet is used elsewhere about the Lord's 'many' sufferings at the hands of the Jewish leaders (also in Mk. 9:12). Surely the Lord perceived in her someone who was sharing something of His final sufferings. All our sufferings are likewise part of His crucifixion sufferings, and if we suffer with Him, we shall also therefore experience His resurrection. That woman was therefore set up as an example of us all.</p><p><i>And be rejected- </i>The same word is used about the stone of Christ being &quot;rejected&quot; by themselves, the builders (Mt. 21:42). The word carries the sense of legally condemning. They rejected the sinless Son of God as a condemned sinner and demanded His death. If nothing else we learn some basic psychology- that when a person touches the conscience of less spiritual people, they are likely to intensely slander the person and effectively demand their death, which in our day may be the social death of rejection.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><i>By the elders- Presbuteros</i>&nbsp;is specifically used of the Sanhedrin members. The Lord's predictions here are highly specific and detailed.</p><p><i>And chief priests and scribes and be killed, and the third day be raised up</i>- Literally, 'High Priests'. There was only supposed to be one High Priest, but the position was so lucrative and argued over that there were a group called the 'High Priests'- so far had Judaism fallen away from basic Biblical teachings, despite their zeal to keep the details.</p>