<p>9:31 <em>For he taught his disciples, and said to them: The Son of Man is delivered up into the hands of men- </em>Matthew uses the present tense- He&nbsp;<em>is</em>&nbsp;betrayed / delivered s.w.. The Lord likely said both- He shall be betrayed, in fact He is being betrayed / delivered. His sufferings were ongoing, His crucifixion sufferings were a seamless continuance of His whole way of life and being during His ministry. This is the sense recorded in John, of &ldquo;the time comes but now is&rdquo; (Jn. 4:23; 16:32). He knew that the essence of the delivering over to the Jews /&nbsp; Romans was happening right then, although the final delivering / handing over was when in Gethsemane He said that &ldquo;the hour is come&hellip; the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners&rdquo; (Mk. 14:41). The word for &lsquo;betrayed&rsquo; means literally to be handed over or delivered, and so the Lord&rsquo;s statement wouldn&rsquo;t have necessarily implied to them that there was to be a betrayal from amongst their own number.</p><p><em>And they shall kill him, and when he is killed, after three days he shall rise again</em>- Clearly the rising again was at a specific moment, &ldquo;the third day&rdquo;. This is proof enough that the Bible intends us to see the Lord&rsquo;s rising again as bodily resurrection and not some spiritual reincarnation over a period of time.</p>