Would it have been nothing to us to see Him taking the sinners place, scourged, mocked, Crucified?
"The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I"
Marcus Dods
It concedes, as possible, that He was in truth the Messiah, Crucified by the nation of which He claimed a crown.
"A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)"
Mrs. Sutherland Orr
It is evident that even at this point Peter had found himself unable to realise that his Master was really to be Crucified and slain.
"The Making of an Apostle"
R. J. Campbell