Nevertheless, I must keep going today and tomorrow and the next day, for it is not admissible for a prophet to perish outside of Jerusalem.
Parallel translations
- WEB Nevertheless I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the next day, for it can’t be that a prophet perish outside of Jerusalem.’
- KJV Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.
- NKJV Nevertheless I must journey today, tomorrow, and the day following; for it cannot be that a prophet should perish outside of Jerusalem.
- NASB Nevertheless I must go on My journey today and tomorrow and the next day; for it cannot be that a prophet would perish outside Jerusalem.
- NLT Yes, today, tomorrow, and the next day I must proceed on my way. For it wouldn’t do for a prophet of God to be killed except in Jerusalem!
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Quick answer
Jesus must press on, for a prophet must die in Jerusalem. His death is part of God's appointed plan, fixed for the holy city.
Overview
He affirms a divine 'must' governing His journey toward suffering. With sober irony He notes that Jerusalem, the religious center, is where prophets meet their death. This points directly to His own coming crucifixion there, undertaken in obedience to the Father's will.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 10
- Luke 9:53But the people there refused to welcome Him, because He was heading for Jerusalem.
- Matt 21:11The crowds replied, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.”
- Matt 20:18“Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and scribes. They will condemn Him to death
- John 4:34Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.
- John 12:35Then Jesus told them, “For a little while longer, the Light will be among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.
- John 9:4While it is daytime, we must do the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work.
- Acts 13:27The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus, yet in condemning Him they fulfilled the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath.
- John 11:9Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours of daylight? If anyone walks in the daytime, he will not stumble, because he sees by the light of this world.
- John 11:54As a result, Jesus no longer went about publicly among the Jews, but He withdrew to a town called Ephraim in an area near the wilderness. And He stayed there with the disciples.
- Acts 10:38how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.
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Luke shows Jesus the Savior for all — outsiders, the poor, the nations — the one who, on the Emmaus road, opened all the Scriptures to show they were about himself.
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