Matthew 26:24

Jesus says He goes as Scripture foretold, yet pronounces woe on His betrayer. Divine purpose and human responsibility stand together.

Cross-references · 33

• Luke 24:46And He told them, “This is what is written: The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day,
• Acts 26:22–23But I have had God’s help to this day, and I stand here to testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen:
• Matt 18:7Woe to the world for the causes of sin. These stumbling blocks must come, but woe to the man through whom they come!
• 1 Cor 15:3For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
• Dan 9:26Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and will have nothing. Then the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood, and until the end there will be war; desolations have been decreed.
• Mark 14:21The Son of Man will go just as it is written about Him, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed! It would be better for him if he had not been born.”
• Matt 26:54But how then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that say it must happen this way?”
• John 17:12While I was with them, I protected and preserved them by Your name, the name You gave Me. Not one of them has been lost, except the son of destruction, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled.
• Zech 12:10Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for Him as one grieves for a firstborn son.
• Luke 22:22Indeed, the Son of Man will go as it has been determined, but woe to that man who betrays Him.”
• Matt 26:56But this has all happened so that the writings of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples deserted Him and fled.
• Ps 55:15Let death seize them by surprise; let them go down to Sheol alive, for evil is with them in their homes.
• Mark 9:12He replied, “Elijah does indeed come first, and he restores all things. Why then is it written that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected?
• Ps 55:23But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.
• Acts 17:2–3As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbaths he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
• Isa 53:1–12Who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?
• Acts 1:16–20“Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled which the Holy Spirit foretold through the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide for those who arrested Jesus.
• Luke 24:25–27Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish ones, how slow are your hearts to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
• Ps 22:1–31For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Doe of the Dawn.” A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning?
• Matt 27:3–5When Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was filled with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders.
• Isa 50:5–6The Lord GOD has opened My ears, and I have not been rebellious, nor have I turned back.
• Ps 109:6–19Set over him a wicked man; let an accuser stand at his right hand.
• Acts 4:28They carried out what Your hand and will had decided beforehand would happen.
• Zech 13:7Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, against the man who is My Companion, declares the LORD of Hosts. Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn My hand against the little ones.
• John 19:24So they said to one another, “Let us not tear it. Instead, let us cast lots to see who will get it.” This was to fulfill the Scripture: “They divided My garments among them, and cast lots for My clothing.” So that is what the soldiers did.
• Acts 28:23So they set a day to meet with Paul, and many people came to the place he was staying. He expounded to them from morning to evening, testifying about the kingdom of God and persuading them about Jesus from the Law of Moses and the Prophets.
• Ps 69:1–21For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Lilies.” Of David. Save me, O God, for the waters are up to my neck.
• 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.
• 1 Pet 1:10–11Concerning this salvation, the prophets who foretold the grace to come to you searched and investigated carefully,
• Acts 13:27–29The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus, yet in condemning Him they fulfilled the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath.
• John 19:28After this, knowing that everything had now been accomplished, and to fulfill the Scripture, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.”
• John 19:36–37Now these things happened so that the Scripture would be fulfilled: “Not one of His bones will be broken.”
• Gen 3:15And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”

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