Then they will hand him over to the Romans to be mocked, flogged with a whip, and crucified. But on the third day he will be raised from the dead.”
Parallel translations
- WEB and will hand him over to the Gentiles to mock, to scourge, and to crucify; and the third day he will be raised up.”
- KJV And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.
- BSB and will deliver Him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified. And on the third day He will be raised to life.”
- NKJV and deliver Him to the Gentiles to mock and to scourge and to crucify. And the third day He will rise again.”
- NASB and they will hand Him over to the Gentiles to mock and flog and crucify, and on the third day He will be raised up.”
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Quick answer
The Son of Man will be handed to the Gentiles to be mocked, scourged, and crucified, and will rise on the third day. Jesus foretells both his death and his resurrection.
Overview
Jesus predicts the specific shape of his suffering—Roman mockery, scourging, and crucifixion—along with his rising on the third day. The detail confirms that he embraces the cross willingly and in fulfillment of God's plan. The promise of resurrection assures that his death is not defeat but the doorway to victory and life for his people.
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- 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.
- Mark 15:16–20The soldiers led him away within the court, which is the Praetorium; and they called together the whole cohort.
- 1 Cor 15:3–7For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
- 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.
- Ps 35:16Like the profane mockers in feasts, they gnashed their teeth at me.
- Acts 2:23him, being delivered up by the determined counsel and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by the hand of lawless men, crucified and killed;
- Matt 27:27–31Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium, and gathered the whole garrison together against him.
- Isa 26:19Your dead shall live. My dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust; for your dew is like the dew of herbs, and the earth will cast out the departed spirits.
- Ps 22:7–8All those who see me mock me. They insult me with their lips. They shake their heads, saying,
- Hos 6:2After two days he will revive us. On the third day he will raise us up, and we will live before him.
- Acts 4:27“For truly, in this city against your holy servant, Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together
- Matt 12:40For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
- Luke 23:11Herod with his soldiers humiliated him and mocked him. Dressing him in luxurious clothing, they sent him back to Pilate.
- Matt 26:67–68Then they spit in his face and beat him with their fists, and some slapped him,
- John 19:1–4So Pilate then took Jesus, and flogged him.
- Mark 15:1Immediately in the morning the chief priests, with the elders and scribes, and the whole council, held a consultation, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate.
- John 18:28–38They led Jesus therefore from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. It was early, and they themselves didn’t enter into the Praetorium, that they might not be defiled, but might eat the Passover.
- Acts 3:13–16The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his Servant Jesus, whom you delivered up, and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he had determined to release him.
- Acts 21:11Coming to us, and taking Paul’s belt, he bound his own feet and hands, and said, “Thus says the Holy Spirit: ‘So will the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man who owns this belt, and will deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.’”
- Mark 14:65Some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to beat him with fists, and to tell him, “Prophesy!” The officers struck him with the palms of their hands.
- Luke 23:1–5The whole company of them rose up and brought him before Pilate.
- 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 15:29–31Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads, and saying, “Ha! You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days,
- Matt 27:2–10and they bound him, and led him away, and delivered him up to Pontius Pilate, the governor.
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