And when he had thus spoken, he went before, ascending up to Jerusalem.
Parallel translations
- WEB Having said these things, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.
- BSB After Jesus had said this, He went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.
- NKJV When He had said this, He went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.
- NASB After Jesus said these things, He was going on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.
- NLT After telling this story, Jesus went on toward Jerusalem, walking ahead of his disciples.
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Quick answer
Having finished the parable, Jesus presses on, going up to Jerusalem. He resolutely advances toward the cross.
Overview
This transitional verse renews Luke's emphasis on Jesus's purposeful journey to Jerusalem, where he will suffer and die. His leading the way shows his deliberate, willing obedience to the Father's plan. The triumphal entry and passion now unfold as the climax of that journey.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Luke 9:51And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,
- Heb 12:2Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
- 1 Pet 4:1Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;
- Ps 40:6–8Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
- Luke 12:50But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
- Mark 10:32–34And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus went before them: and they were amazed; and as they followed, they were afraid. And he took again the twelve, and began to tell them what things should happen unto him,
- Luke 18:31Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished.
- John 18:11Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?
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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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