"Genuinely, really, I say to you, you will sob and mourn, however the world will cheer." (John 16:20)
For what reason does Jesus say this in the last hours of their distresses? Since hard things are more averse to shake your reality on the off chance that you know they are coming. This is Jesus' method for saying: The world will rub salt into the injury of your distress at my demise. Through your hurling wails, you will hear the jeering voices, "He spared others; let him spare himself, in the event that he is the Christ of God, his Chosen One!" (Luke 23:35)
The followers need to know this. It is a piece of God's plan for their deliverance. Herod's taunting round of dress-ups with Jesus was a piece of the everlasting arrangement (Acts 4:27– 28). This "cheering" of the world at the demise of Jesus did not take Jesus unsuspecting. He knew the agonies of his withering would be intensified by hardhearted disparagement. "The world will celebrate."
The supporters need to know this. Knowing it doesn't make them less obligated to distress. Yet, it makes them less powerless in distress. Presently they realize that even the jeering delight of the executioners is a piece of God's arrangement. What's more, Jesus is stating to them: Though it is certain, it will be short.
