But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.
Parallel translations
- WEB But first, he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.
- KJV But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation.
- NKJV But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.
- NASB But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.
- NLT But first the Son of Man must suffer terribly and be rejected by this generation.
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Quick answer
Before that glorious day, the Son of Man must first suffer and be rejected by this generation. The cross precedes the crown.
Overview
Jesus interrupts talk of future glory to insist on his necessary suffering and rejection. The word "must" signals divine purpose: the path to the Kingdom's consummation runs through the cross. This anchors the gospel pattern that Christ's exaltation comes only after his atoning suffering.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 18
- Matt 16:21From that time on Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and that He must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.
- Luke 9:22“The Son of Man must suffer many things,” He said. “He must be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and He must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.”
- Mark 8:31Then He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and that He must be killed and after three days rise again.
- Matt 20:18–19“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
- Isa 53:3He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.
- John 1:11He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.
- Matt 21:42Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?
- Luke 24:25–26Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish ones, how slow are your hearts to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
- Luke 18:33They will flog Him and kill Him, and on the third day He will rise again.”
- Luke 18:31Then Jesus took the Twelve aside and said to them, “Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything the prophets have written about the Son of Man will be fulfilled.
- Luke 24:46And He told them, “This is what is written: The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day,
- Mark 12:10Have you never read this Scripture: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
- Mark 10:33“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 and will deliver Him over to the Gentiles,
- 1 Sam 8:7And the LORD said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. For it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected Me as their king.
- 1 Sam 10:19But today you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your troubles and afflictions, and you have said to Him, ‘No, set a king over us.’ Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes and clans.”
- John 12:38This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet: “Lord, who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”
- Mark 9:31because He was teaching His disciples. He told them, “The Son of Man will be delivered into the hands of men. They will kill Him, and after three days He will rise.”
- Matt 17:22–23When they gathered together in Galilee, Jesus told them, “The Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men.
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