Bible Strands
Luke 17:25
But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jesus speaks to His disciples following His description of the Son of Man’s sudden appearance and the familiar judgment of Noah’s time. He declares that before His manifestation, He must endure suffering and rejection from the contemporary generation.
The words — δεῖ (dei) = it must, marking divine necessity, and ἀποδοκιμασθῆναι (apodokimasthēnai) = to be rejected, a passive verb indicating human disapproval.
The thread — This sequence runs in Matthew 16:21, Luke 9:22, and Mark 8:31, where Jesus consistently teaches that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by religious authorities.
Why it lands — The text establishes that the Messiah’s public revelation is preceded by a non-negotiable period of suffering and human rejection. Readers must accept a divine sequence that places endurance of opposition before any promised manifestation.
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The Greek words
King James Version
But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation.
Cross-references
- Matthew 16:21 From 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 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.”
- Mark 8:31 Then 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.
- Matthew 20:18 “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
- Matthew 21:42 Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?
- Luke 24:25 Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
- John 1:11 He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.
- Isaiah 53:3 He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.
- Mark 12:10 Have you never read this Scripture: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
- Luke 18:31 Then 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.