Augustine of Hippo

In His Passion we see what we ought to suffer for the truth, and in His resurrection what we ought to hope in eternity; whence it is said, And shall rise again the third day. (de Trin. iv. 3.) For one death, that namely of the Saviour according to the body, was to us a salvation from two deaths, both of soul and body, and His one resurrection gained for us two resurrections. This ratio of two to one springs out of the number three; for one and two are three.

Catena Aurea by Aquinas ↗

Thomas Aquinas

And they shall deliver him to the Gentiles, because the Jews delivered him into the hands of the Gentiles. Hence Pilate said: your own nation and your chief priests have delivered you to me. And he touches on three things that they did to him, against the three things that men most desire, namely, honor, rest, and life. Against honor, he was mocked; hence he says, to be mocked. Jeremiah 20:7: I am made a derision all the day; and Psalm 37:12: my friends and my neighbors have drawn near and stood against me. …

Commentary on Matthew ↗

Rabanus Maurus

For Judas delivered the Lord to the Jews, and they delivered Him to the Gentiles, that is to Pilate, and the Roman power. To this end the Lord refused to be prosperous in this world, but rather chose to suffer affliction, that He might show us, who have yielded to delights, through how great bitterness we must needs return; whence it follows, To mock, and to scourge, and to crucify.

Catena Aurea by Aquinas ↗