to shew to his disciples] He acquaints them before with his passion, that they might not be offended at his sufferings when they came. go] Gr. go thence. unto Jerusalem] Christ was born in Bethlehem, a more obscure place; but he was to be crucified in Jerusalem the chief citie, that his dying for us might be more publikely known and divulged. suffer many things] Shame, reproach, pain, &c. of the elders, &c.] It was a name of dignitie, rather then age. Of these consisted the Jewish Sanhedrim.