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.
- BSB 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, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.
- Luke 9:22saying, “The Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.”
- Mark 8:31He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
- Matt 20:18–19“Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death,
- Isa 53:3He was despised, and rejected by men; a man of suffering, and acquainted with disease. He was despised as one from whom men hide their face; and we didn’t respect him.
- John 1:11He came to his own, and those who were his own didn’t receive him.
- Matt 21:42Jesus said to them, “Did you never read in the Scriptures, ‘The stone which the builders rejected, the same was made the head of the corner. This was from the Lord. It is marvelous in our eyes?’
- Luke 24:25–26He said to them, “Foolish men, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!
- Luke 18:33They will scourge and kill him. On the third day, he will rise again.”
- Luke 18:31He took the twelve aside, and said to them, “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and all the things that are written through the prophets concerning the Son of Man will be completed.
- Luke 24:46He said to them, “Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day,
- Mark 12:10Haven’t you even read this Scripture: ‘The stone which the builders rejected, the same was made the head of the corner.
- Mark 10:33“Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem. The Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes. They will condemn him to death, and will deliver him to the Gentiles.
- 1 Sam 8:7Yahweh said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they tell you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me as the king over them.
- 1 Sam 10:19But you have today rejected your God, who himself saves you out of all your calamities and your distresses; and you have said to him, ‘No! Set a king over us.’ Now therefore present yourselves before Yahweh by your tribes, and by your thousands.”
- John 12:38that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke, “Lord, who has believed our report? To whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”
- Mark 9:31For he was teaching his disciples, and said to them, “The Son of Man is being handed over to the hands of men, and they will kill him; and when he is killed, on the third day he will rise again.”
- Matt 17:22–23While they were staying in Galilee, Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is about to be delivered up into the hands of men,
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