The disciples are in the “glory days” of their time with Jesus.
Jesus is popular. He teaches. He heals. Crowds follow.
Jesus sends out the disciples empowering them to proclaim the kingdom of God heal the sick in his name. They, in turn, go out preaching and healing.
When they are back with Jesus, they watch as Jesus feeds the crowd from few resources. Peter declares that Jesus is the Messiah. Peter, James and John have a mountain top experience with Jesus when he is transfigured…pretty incredible happenings…truly these are some of the ‘glory days’!
But...a shadow crosses their paths as Jesus begins to talk about the suffering and rejection he will experience. He talks of being killed. He tells them that it will cost them to follow him. They can’t understand what he is saying. There is too much ‘glory’ around at this point.
