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Pseudo-Chrysostom
Catena Aurea · Matthäusevangelium 20
Mt 20, Verses 17–19English original
And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the Chief Priests and unto the Scribes, and they shall condemn him to death, And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.
For when sorrow comes at a time we are looking for it, it is found lighter than it would have been, had it taken us by surprise.