And Jesus] Mark 10:32. Luke 18. 31. going up to Jerusalem] Either because it stood somewhat higher then the plain about it, Jeremiah 17:3. and Jeremiah 21:13. Or, as men are said to go up to some chief place of a countrey, or head city of a kingdom. Howbeit the word of ascending is oft-times simply, for going or travelling to a place, 1 Kings 22:4; 1 Kings 22:6; 1 Kings 22:12. Jeremiah 34:21. and Jeremiah 37:5. apart in the way] To acquaint them privately with his death and resurrection, who were to be speciall witnesses of it, Acts 10:41.