Luke 22:37

For I tell you that this Scripture must be fulfilled in Me: ‘And He was numbered with the transgressors.’ For what is written about Me is reaching its fulfillment.”

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Jesus addresses his disciples during the Last Supper, immediately after commanding them to buy swords. He marks the shift from his protected ministry to his impending arrest and crucifixion.

The words — γεγραμμένον (gegrammenon) means "written," indicating a fixed prophetic record now being actualized. Jesus also uses λέγω (legō), "I say," to ground the statement in his own authoritative declaration.

The thread — Jesus points to Isaiah 53:12 as the text requiring fulfillment, a reality realized when he is executed between two criminals (Luke 23:32).

Why it lands — The passage states that his death among criminals was a necessary fulfillment of Scripture, not a historical accident. Readers must acknowledge that his identification with sinners was a deliberate divine requirement rather than a circumstantial outcome.

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The Greek words

King James Version

For I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the transgressors: for the things concerning me have an end.

Cross-references

Isaiah 53:12 Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors. Yet He bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors.
Luke 23:32 Two others, who were criminals, were also led away to be executed with Jesus.
2 Corinthians 5:21 God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
Galatians 3:13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”
Acts 13:27 The 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 17:4 I have glorified You on earth by accomplishing the work You gave Me to do.
John 19:28 After this, knowing that everything had now been accomplished, and to fulfill the Scripture, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.”
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.
Luke 22:22 Indeed, the Son of Man will go as it has been determined, but woe to that man who betrays Him.”
John 10:35 If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and the Scripture cannot be broken—