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“Let these words sink into your ears: The Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men.”
Luke 9:44 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB “Let these words sink into your ears, for the Son of Man will be delivered up into the hands of men.”
  • KJV Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men.
  • NKJV “Let these words sink down into your ears, for the Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men.”
  • NASB “As for you, let these words sink into your ears: for the Son of Man is going to be handed over to men.”
  • NLT “Listen to me and remember what I say. The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of his enemies.”

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Quick answer

Jesus tells the disciples to let it sink in that the Son of Man will be betrayed into human hands. He presses the reality of His coming suffering upon them.

Overview

Amid the crowd's excitement, Jesus solemnly repeats the prediction of His betrayal. The call to let these words sink into their ears stresses how vital and easily missed this truth was. It anchors the disciples' attention on the cross that awaits, the very purpose of His coming.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 25

  • 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.”
  • 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.
  • 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.”
  • Luke 2:19But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.
  • Heb 2:1We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.
  • 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 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.
  • John 16:4But I have told you these things so that when their hour comes, you will remember that I told you about them. I did not tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.
  • Matt 21:38–39But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take his inheritance.’
  • Isa 32:9–10Stand up, you complacent women; listen to me. Give ear to my word, you overconfident daughters.
  • 1 Th 3:3–4so that none of you would be shaken by these trials. For you know that we are destined for this.
  • John 2:19–22Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again.”
  • 2 Sam 24:14David answered Gad, “I am deeply distressed. Please, let us fall into the hand of the LORD, for His mercies are great; but do not let me fall into the hands of men.”
  • Matt 26:2“You know that the Passover is two days away, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.”
  • Luke 24:6–7He is not here; He has risen! Remember how He told you while He was still in Galilee:
  • Heb 12:2–5Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
  • Luke 1:66And all who heard this wondered in their hearts and asked, “What then will this child become?” For the Lord’s hand was with him.
  • 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
  • Luke 24:44Jesus said to them, “These are the words I spoke to you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms.”
  • Acts 4:27–28In fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed.
  • 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 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.
  • John 19:11Jesus answered, “You would have no authority over Me if it were not given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed Me over to you is guilty of greater sin.”
  • Acts 3:13–15The 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.
  • Luke 2:51Then He went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. But His mother treasured up all these things in her heart.

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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 9:44 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.

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