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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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jesus takes the Twelve aside on the road to Jerusalem, immediately after the rich young ruler and the promise of reward to those who have left all for the kingdom. He speaks to them as a group, not to the crowd.
The words — ἰδοὺ (idou), "Behold," marks the disclosure as immediate and non-negotiable; παραλαβών (paralabōn), "having taken aside," signals deliberate, confidential instruction rather than public teaching.
The thread — Matthew 20:17 records the same private prediction. The verse itself points to the prophetic corpus: Isaiah 53:1 and Psalms 22:1 are among the texts the prophets wrote about the suffering Servant.
Why it lands — Jesus frames his coming death not as a tragedy to be explained but as a script already written; the reader is asked to hold that the cross was the plan's fulfillment, not its failure.
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The Greek words
King James Version
Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished.
Cross-references
- Matthew 20:17 As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, He took the twelve disciples aside and said,
- Isaiah 53:1 Who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?
- Psalms 22:1 For 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?
- Mark 10:32 As they were going up the road to Jerusalem, Jesus was walking ahead of them. The disciples were amazed, but those who followed were afraid. Again Jesus took the Twelve aside and began to tell them what was going to happen to Him:
- 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 24:44 Jesus 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.”
- Zechariah 13:7 Awake, 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.
- 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.”
- Luke 9:51 As the day of His ascension approached, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem.
- Daniel 9:26 Then 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.