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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.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jesus speaks this to the disciples immediately after commanding them to keep his messianic identity secret (Luke 9:21), just before addressing the larger crowd about the cost of discipleship (Luke 9:23).
The words — δεῖ (dei) = It is necessary for [G1163]; υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου (huion tou anthrōpou) = Son of Man.
The thread — The framework of necessity, death, and third-day resurrection recurs in Jesus’s post-resurrection teaching in Luke 24:7 and is foreshadowed in his journey warning in Luke 18:31, with the prophetic background cited in Isaiah 53:1.
Why it lands — The text states that the Son of Man must endure rejection, death, and resurrection as a divine requirement. This establishes the factual foundation for the subsequent command to deny oneself and take up a cross daily.
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The Greek words
King James Version
Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day.
Cross-references
- Isaiah 53:1 Who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?
- Luke 24:7 ‘The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again.’”
- 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 9:44 “Let these words sink into your ears: The Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men.”
- Mark 9:31 because He was teaching His disciples. He told them, “The Son of Man will be delivered into the hands of men. They will kill Him, and after three days He will rise.”
- Mark 10:33 “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 and will deliver Him over to the Gentiles,
- Acts 4:25 You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of Your servant, our father David: ‘Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
- 1 Peter 1:11 trying to determine the time and setting to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow.
- 1 Corinthians 15:4 that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,
- Genesis 3:15 And 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.”