And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men:
And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them. Mark (Mark 9:30), as usual, is very precise here: "And they departed thence" - that is, from the scene of the last miracle - "and passed through Galilee; and He would not that any man should know it." So this was not a preaching, but a private, journey though Galilee. Indeed, His public ministry in Galilee was now all but all but concluded. Though He sent out the Seventy after this to preach and heal, Himself was little more in public there, and He was soon to bid it a final adieu. Until this hour arrived He was chiefly occupied with the Twelve, preparing them for the coming events.
The son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men;