Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?
Parallel translations
- WEB Didn’t the Christ have to suffer these things and to enter into his glory?”
- BSB Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and then to enter His glory?”
- NKJV Ought not the Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into His glory?”
- NASB Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and to come into His glory?”
- NLT Wasn’t it clearly predicted that the Messiah would have to suffer all these things before entering his glory?”
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Quick answer
Jesus declares that the Christ had to suffer before entering his glory. Suffering was not the failure of the Messiah's mission but the divinely appointed path to it.
Overview
Jesus poses a question that reframes the cross: the Messiah's suffering was a necessity foretold in Scripture, not a tragic accident. Glory followed suffering by God's design, fulfilling passages such as Isaiah 53. This pattern, suffering then glory, anchors the gospel and reshapes how the disciples must understand both Jesus and discipleship.
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- 1 Pet 1:11Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.
- Zech 13:7Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.
- Isa 53:1–12Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?
- Acts 17:3Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ.
- 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.
- Heb 2:8–10Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him.
- 1 Cor 15:3–4For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
- Heb 9:22–23And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
- Luke 24:46And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:
- Ps 69:1–36Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.
- 1 Pet 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
- Luke 24:44And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.
- Luke 24:7Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.
- Ps 22:1–31My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?
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