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He will be delivered over to the Gentiles and will be mocked and insulted and spit upon.
Luke 18:32 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB For he will be delivered up to the Gentiles, will be mocked, treated shamefully, and spit on.
  • KJV For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on:
  • NKJV For He will be delivered to the Gentiles and will be mocked and insulted and spit upon.
  • NASB For He will be handed over to the Gentiles, and will be ridiculed, and abused, and spit upon,
  • NLT He will be handed over to the Romans, and he will be mocked, treated shamefully, and spit upon.

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Quick answer

The Son of Man will be handed to the Gentiles, mocked, shamefully treated, and spit upon. Jesus foretells his humiliation in detail.

Overview

Jesus predicts the specific abuses he will endure at the hands of the Gentile authorities. The handing over to Gentiles and the mockery fulfill prophetic patterns of the suffering servant. He goes to Jerusalem with full knowledge of the shame awaiting him, willingly embracing it for our salvation.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 22

  • Luke 23:11And even Herod and his soldiers ridiculed and mocked Him. Dressing Him in a fine robe, they sent Him back to Pilate.
  • Isa 50:6I offered My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who tore out My beard. I did not hide My face from scorn and spittle.
  • 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.
  • Mark 14:65Then some of them began to spit on Him. They blindfolded Him, struck Him with their fists, and said to Him, “Prophesy!” And the officers received Him with slaps in His face.
  • Acts 3:13The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus. You handed Him over and rejected Him before Pilate, even though he had decided to release Him.
  • Isa 52:14Just as many were appalled at Him—His appearance was disfigured beyond that of any man, and His form was marred beyond human likeness—
  • Mic 5:1Now, O daughter of troops, mobilize your troops; for a siege is laid against us! With a rod they will strike the cheek of the judge of Israel.
  • 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.
  • Matt 26:67Then they spit in His face and struck Him. Others slapped Him
  • Luke 23:35The people stood watching, and the rulers sneered at Him, saying, “He saved others; let Him save Himself if He is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.”
  • Mark 15:17–20They dressed Him in a purple robe, twisted together a crown of thorns, and set it on His head.
  • Luke 22:63–65The men who were holding Jesus began to mock Him and beat Him.
  • Luke 23:1Then the whole council rose and led Jesus away to Pilate.
  • Acts 2:23He was delivered up by God’s set plan and foreknowledge, and you, by the hands of the lawless, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross.
  • John 18:35“Am I a Jew?” Pilate replied. “Your own people and chief priests handed You over to me. What have You done?”
  • John 18:30“If He were not a criminal,” they replied, “we would not have handed Him over to you.”
  • Matt 27:2They bound Him, led Him away, and handed Him over to Pilate the governor.
  • Matt 27:28–30They stripped Him and put a scarlet robe on Him.
  • John 19:1–5Then Pilate took Jesus and had Him flogged.
  • John 18:22When Jesus had said this, one of the officers standing nearby slapped Him in the face and said, “Is this how You answer the high priest?”
  • Mark 15:1Early in the morning, the chief priests, elders, scribes, and the whole Sanhedrin devised a plan. They bound Jesus, led Him away, and handed Him over to Pilate.
  • John 18:28Then they led Jesus away from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. By now it was early morning, and the Jews did not enter the Praetorium, to avoid being defiled and unable to eat the Passover.

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Christ at the center

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.

How Luke 18:32 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

Original language

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