“Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death, and will hand him over to the Gentiles to mock, to scourge, and to crucify; and the third day he will be raised up.”
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As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way he said to them, “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death, and will hand him over to the Gentiles to mock, to scourge, and to crucify; and the third day he will be raised up.”
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“Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death,
and will hand him over to the Gentiles to mock, to scourge, and to crucify; and the third day he will be raised up.”
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Beholde we goo vp to Ierusalem and the sonne of man shalbe betrayed vnto the chefe prestes and vnto the scribes and they shall condemne him to deeth
and shall delyvre him to the getils to be mocked to be scourged and to be crucified: and the thyrd daye he shall ryse agayne.
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Beholde, wee goe vp to Hierusalem, and the Sonne of man shall bee deliuered vnto the chiefe priestes, and vnto the Scribes, and they shall condemne him to death,
And shall deliuer him to the Gentiles, to mocke, and to scourge, and to crucifie him, but the third day he shall rise againe.
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- Matthew 16:21 (vv18–19) From that time, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders, chief priests, and…
- Acts 2:23 (vv18–19) him, being delivered up by the determined counsel and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by the hand of lawless men, crucified and killed;
- Matthew 27:1 (v18) Now when morning had come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:
- Mark 15:16-20 (v19) The soldiers led him away within the court, which is the Praetorium; and they called together the whole cohort. They clothed him with…
- Matthew 17:22-23 (v18) While they were staying in Galilee, Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is about to be delivered up into the hands of men, and they will…
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- Matthew 26:2 (v18) “You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified.”
- 1 Corinthians 15:3-7 (v19) For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was…
- Psalms 22:7-8 (v19) All those who see me mock me. They insult me with their lips. They shake their heads, saying, “He trusts in Yahweh. Let him deliver him.…
- Psalms 35:16 (v19) Like the profane mockers in feasts, they gnashed their teeth at me.
- Isaiah 26:19 (v19) Your dead shall live. My dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust; for your dew is like the dew of herbs, and the…
- Isaiah 53:3 (v19) He was despised and rejected by men, a man of suffering and acquainted with disease. He was despised as one from whom men hide their face;…
- Hosea 6:2 (v19) After two days he will revive us. On the third day he will raise us up, and we will live before him.
- Matthew 26:66 (v18) What do you think?” They answered, “He is worthy of death!”
- Matthew 27:27-31 (v19) Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium, and gathered the whole garrison together against him. They stripped him, and…
- Acts 4:27-28 (v18) “For truly, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together against your holy servant,…
- Psalms 2:1-3 (v18) Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot a vain thing? The kings of the earth take a stand, and the rulers take counsel together,…
- Psalms 22:1-31 (v18) My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning? My God, I cry in the…
- Psalms 69:1-36 (v18) Save me, God, for the waters have come up to my neck! I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold. I have come into deep waters, where…
- Isaiah 53:1-12 (v18) Who has believed our message? To whom has Yahweh’s arm been revealed? For he grew up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of dry…
- Daniel 9:24-27 (v18) “Seventy weeks are decreed on your people and on your holy city, to finish disobedience, and to make an end of sins, and to make…
- Matthew 12:40 (v19) For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart…
- Matthew 26:67-68 (v19) Then they spat in his face and beat him with their fists, and some slapped him, saying, “Prophesy to us, you Christ! Who hit you?”
- Mark 14:64-65 (v18) You have heard the blasphemy! What do you think?” They all condemned him to be worthy of death. Some began to spit on him, and to cover his…
- Mark 14:65 (v19) Some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to beat him with fists, and to tell him, “Prophesy!” The officers struck him with the…
- Mark 15:1 (v19) Immediately in the morning the chief priests, with the elders and scribes, and the whole council, held a consultation, bound Jesus, carried…
- Mark 15:29-31 (v19) Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads, and saying, “Ha! You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days, save…
- Luke 22:71 (v18) They said, “Why do we need any more witness? For we ourselves have heard from his own mouth!”
- Luke 23:1-5 (v19) The whole company of them rose up and brought him before Pilate. They began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man perverting the…
- Luke 23:11 (v19) Herod with his soldiers humiliated him and mocked him. Dressing him in luxurious clothing, they sent him back to Pilate.
- Luke 24:46 (v19) He said to them, “Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day,
- John 18:28-38 (v19) They led Jesus therefore from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. It was early, and they themselves didn’t enter into the Praetorium, that they…
- John 19:1-4 (v19) So Pilate then took Jesus, and flogged him. The soldiers twisted thorns into a crown, and put it on his head, and dressed him in a purple…
- Acts 3:13-16 (v19) The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his Servant Jesus, whom you delivered up, and denied in the…
- Acts 4:27 (v19) “For truly, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together against your holy servant,…
- Acts 21:11 (v19) Coming to us and taking Paul’s belt, he bound his own feet and hands, and said, “The Holy Spirit says: ‘So the Jews at Jerusalem will bind…
- Matthew 27:2-10 (v19) and they bound him, and led him away, and delivered him up to Pontius Pilate, the governor. Then Judas, who betrayed him, when he saw that…
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On vv18–19 They that least ought, are the greatest persecutors of…
They that least ought, are the greatest persecutors of Christ.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv18–19 18 Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the…
18 Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death,
Ver. 18. Behold, we go up to Jerusalem] Behold, as it requires attention (and this was no more than need; for St Luke, Luk 18:34, tells us that they understood none of these things, &c.), so it sets forth our Saviour’s forwardness to go this dangerous voyage.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv18–19 And shall deliver him to the Gentiles,.... To Pilate,…
And shall deliver him to the Gentiles,.... To Pilate, an Heathen governor, and to the Roman officers and soldiers under him; see Joh 18:35.
To mock him, as they did, by putting on him a scarlet robe, platting a crown of thorns, and placing it on his head, and a reed in his hand; and then bowed the knee to him, and cried, hail, king of the Jews!
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and to scourge him: as he was by Pilate, at least by his orders: Mark adds, "and spit upon him"; as not only did the Jews in the palace of the high priest, but also the Gentiles, the Roman soldiers, after they had mocked him in the manner before described:
and to crucify him: which, as it was a cruel and shameful death, such as slaves and the worst of malefactors were put to, so it was a Roman one; for which reason, the Jews choose to deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles. The Persic version here adds, "and put him into the grave": which though it followed his crucifixion, was not done by the Gentiles, but by Joseph of Arimathea, a Jew, and a disciple of Jesus; and that not in a contemptuous, but honourable manner
and the third day he shall rise again: this he said for the comfort of his disciples; but now, though these things were so clearly and distinctly expressed by Christ, and which show his omniscience, and give proof both of his deity and Messiahship, yet Luke observes of the disciples, "that they understood none of these things, and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken": the words were plain, the grammatical sense of them was easy, but they could not imagine that they were to be taken literally; which was such a glaring contradiction to their received and rooted principles of the temporal kingdom of the Messiah, and the grandeur of it, that they fancied these expressions carried a mystical, secret meaning in them, which they were not masters of: and certain it is, that what our Lord now said, was so far from destroying, or weakening these prejudices of theirs, that it rather confirmed them in them; particularly, what he said about rising again, which seemed to have put them afresh in mind, and to excite their hopes of this external felicity, as appears from the following case.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv18–19 Verse 18. The Son of man shall be betrayed]…
Verse 18. The Son of man shall be betrayed] Or, will be delivered up. This is the third time that our Lord informed his disciples of his approaching sufferings and death. This was a subject of the utmost importance, and it was necessary they should be well prepared for such an awful event.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On vv18–19 Behold we go, &c. Jesus here, for the third…
Behold we go, &c. Jesus here, for the third time, foretells his death; (the first time, Matthew xvi. 21; the second time, Matthew xvii. 21.) Our salvation and happiness are owing to the death of Christ; neither is there any thing that more loudly calls for our gratitude than his sufferings and death. Jesus takes the 12 apart, and reveals to them the mystery of his passion. He had previously declared it in public, but in ambiguous terms, saying: destroy this temple, &c. A sign shall not be given, but the sign of Jonas the prophet; but here he manifestly expounds to his disciples the mystery: behold we go up to Jerusalem, &c. This discourse of our Saviour is remarkable for an energetic strength of expression. (St. John Chrysostom) --- Jesus had repeatedly spoken to his apostles of his passion; but as much of what he had said had escaped their memory, now that he is upon the road to Jerusalem in company with his disciples, he brings it back to their recollection, to fortify them against the scandal they might take at his ignominious death. (St. Jerome)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv18–19 18. Go up to Jerusalem — The word up…
18. Go up to Jerusalem — The word up is naturally used of Jerusalem, as being situated, like many great ancient cities, upon high grounds. But the term was habitually used by the ancients of any capital or great central town, although, like Babylon, situated in a plain.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On v18 18, 19. Observe the exactness of the prediction; the…
18, 19. Observe the exactness of the prediction; the Sanhedrin shall condemn but not kill, the Gentiles shall scourge and crucify.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv18–19 (18) Behold, we go up to Jerusalem.—The words repeat…
(18) Behold, we go up to Jerusalem.—The words repeat in substance what had been previously stated after the Transfiguration (Mat_17:22), but with greater definiteness. Jerusalem is to be the scene of His suffering, and their present journey is to end in it, and “the chief priests and scribes” are to be the chief actors in it, and “the Gentiles” are to be their instruments in it. The mocking, the spitting (Mar_10:34), the scourging, the crucifixion, all these are new elements in the prediction, as if what had before been presented in dim outline to the disciples was now brought vividly, in every stage of its progress, before His mind and theirs.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv18–19 Behold. This exclamation would seem to indicate that the…
Behold. This exclamation would seem to indicate that the events predicted were very near at hand, as it were, already in sight. Shall be betrayed; paradoyhsetai : shall be delivered; the same word as in the next verse. God "spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all". (Rom_8:32) The special agent of this betrayal is not here named. Of his future crime, Judas, one of the twelve, had probably no thought, the devil not having yet put it into his heart. The chief priests (see on Mat_16:21). Shall condemn him. This was the act of the Sanhedrin, who could doom, but could not execute. (Joh_18:31) The announcement of his death and resurrection had already been made at least twice before once after Peter"s great confession, (Mat_16:21) and again at the Transfiguration. (Mat_17:12, 22 Mar_9:9, 12)
Anticipations of betrayal.
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It is not often set out prominently that the chief ingredient in our Lord"s sorrowful anticipations was his betrayal by one of his disciples. There is no greater distress comes to us in life than the unfaithfulness of trusted friends. The psalmist wails in this way: (Ps 4) "For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it... but it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance." The dealings of our Lord with Judas need careful study. Our Lord had to act so as not to interfere with Providence. The fact that he knew what would happen must not be used to prevent it from happening; and yet that knowledge filled him with anxiety concerning Judas, and constrained him to make attempts to influence the man who, on the road of his covetousness, was fast hastening to his crime.
I ANTICIPATIONS OF BETRAYAL TESTED THE LORD JESUS. Even that was in the Father"s will for him. There could hardly he anything in his cup of woe more bitter. Probably Judas had been chosen an apostle because of his business capacity. Our Lord had trusted him. His face was familiar to him. He had grown interested in Judas, and it was hard indeed to think he would, one day soon, turn traitor. Our Lord would not have been fairly tested by all forms of human anxiety if he had not known failing, forsaking friends. Could he take up, and bear, this yoke of the Father? Knowing it was coming, could he go on, quietly, steadily, in the path of duty? Could he bear to have Judas close beside him day by day? This gives us a deep sense of the reality and severity of our Lord"s struggle to preserve a perfect, Son-like obedience and submission. Even here he won and held his triumph.
II ANTICIPATIONS OF BETRAYAL TESTED THE DISCIPLES. It must have led to heart-searching inquiries. Some, no doubt, felt our Lord"s words more than the others. Some would think it only a melancholy mood that the Master was in. Some would feel quite certain that the words would never apply to them. What did Judas think about the possible betrayal? We know well. The man who is deteriorating, as Judas was, becomes insensible to such suggestions. None could have been more positive than Judas in denying that the term "traitor" could ever apply to him. But Judas was the betrayer. R.T.
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B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain On vv18–19 18. Behold, we go up to Jerusalem. They had…
18. Behold, we go up to Jerusalem. They had gone to Jerusalem ofttimes before, but never on such a mournful errand. Shall be betrayed. By Judas, who would lead the band sent by the Jewish rulers to seek him in the night. Chief priests and unto the scribes. The Jewish Sanhedrim. It included both the leaders of the priesthood, the leading scribes, or doctors of the law, and others. The great council of the nation condemned Jesus to die. See Matt. 26:59–66.
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