John Trapp on Matthew 20:17

Verse 17. Took the twelve Disciples.] To rouse them and raise them out of their carnall fears and dejections. Jerusalem was theRevel. [illegible: 1 word]. 8. [illegible: 1 word] slaughter house, Luk. 13. 33. (as Rome is now, which therefore is spiritually called Jerusalem, Egypt, Sodom, &c) Hither our Saviour bent his course: hereupon they were amazed and afraid, Mark. 10. 32. and gave him counsell to goe back rather into Galilee for his own and their safety, Joh. 11 8. He takes them therefore apart, and tells them as followeth, what they must trust to: and that though he be brought to the dust of death, he will rise again gloriously, to their great comfort.