Luke 24:26
New International Version
Did not the Messiah have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?”

New Living Translation
Wasn’t it clearly predicted that the Messiah would have to suffer all these things before entering his glory?”

English Standard Version
Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory?”

Berean Standard Bible
Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and then to enter His glory?”

Berean Literal Bible
Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and to enter into His glory?"

King James Bible
Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?

New King James Version
Ought not the Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into His glory?”

New American Standard Bible
Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and to come into His glory?”

NASB 1995
“Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and to enter into His glory?”

NASB 1977
“Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and to enter into His glory?”

Legacy Standard Bible
Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and to enter into His glory?”

Amplified Bible
Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and [only then to] enter His glory?”

Christian Standard Bible
Wasn’t it necessary for the Messiah to suffer these things and enter into his glory? ”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Didn’t the Messiah have to suffer these things and enter into His glory?”

American Standard Version
Behooved it not the Christ to suffer these things, and to enter into his glory?

Contemporary English Version
Didn't you know that the Messiah would have to suffer before he was given his glory?"

English Revised Version
Behoved it not the Christ to suffer these things, and to enter into his glory?

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Didn't the Messiah have to suffer these things and enter into his glory?"

Good News Translation
Was it not necessary for the Messiah to suffer these things and then to enter his glory?"

International Standard Version
The Messiah had to suffer these things and then enter his glory, didn't he?"

Majority Standard Bible
Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and then to enter His glory?”

NET Bible
Wasn't it necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and enter into his glory?"

New Heart English Bible
Did not the Christ have to suffer these things and to enter into his glory?"

Webster's Bible Translation
Ought not Christ to suffer these things, and to enter into his glory?

Weymouth New Testament
Was there not a necessity for the Christ thus to suffer, and then enter into His glory?"

World English Bible
Didn’t the Christ have to suffer these things and to enter into his glory?”
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Was it not necessary [for] the Christ to suffer these things, and to enter into His glory?”

Berean Literal Bible
Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and to enter into His glory?"

Young's Literal Translation
Was it not behoving the Christ these things to suffer, and to enter into his glory?'

Smith's Literal Translation
Must not Christ suffer these things, and enter into his glory?
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and so to enter into his glory?

Catholic Public Domain Version
Was not the Christ required to suffer these things, and so enter into his glory?”

New American Bible
Was it not necessary that the Messiah should suffer these things and enter into his glory?”

New Revised Standard Version
Was it not necessary that the Messiah should suffer these things and then enter into his glory?”
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Did not Christ have to suffer all these things, and to enter into his glory?

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Was it not necessary for The Messiah to endure these things and to enter into his glory?”
NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
Ought not the Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?

Godbey New Testament
Did it not behoove Christ to suffer, and to enter into His glory?

Haweis New Testament
Ought not the Messiah to suffer these things, and to enter into his glory?

Mace New Testament
was not the Messiah to have suffer'd thus, and after that enter into his glory?

Weymouth New Testament
Was there not a necessity for the Christ thus to suffer, and then enter into His glory?"

Worrell New Testament
Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things, and enter into His glory?"

Worsley New Testament
Was not the Messiah to suffer these things, and so to enter into his glory?

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Jesus Opens the Scriptures
25Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish ones, how slow are your hearts to believe all that the prophets have spoken! 26 Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and then to enter His glory?” 27And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He explained to them what was written in all the Scriptures about Himself.…

Cross References
Isaiah 53:3-5
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. / Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted. / But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.

Philippians 2:7-9
but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in human likeness. / And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death—even death on a cross. / Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name above all names,

Acts 3:18
But in this way God has fulfilled what He foretold through all the prophets, saying that His Christ would suffer.

1 Peter 1:10-11
Concerning this salvation, the prophets who foretold the grace to come to you searched and investigated carefully, / 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.

Hebrews 2:9-10
But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because He suffered death, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone. / In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting for God, for whom and through whom all things exist, to make the author of their salvation perfect through suffering.

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.

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.

John 12:23-24
But Jesus replied, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. / Truly, truly, I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a seed. But if it dies, it bears much fruit.

Acts 17:3
explaining and proving that the Christ had to suffer and rise from the dead. “This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Christ,” he declared.

Romans 8:17
And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him.

1 Corinthians 15:3-4
For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, / that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,

Hebrews 12:2
Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Psalm 22:6-8
But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people. / All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads: / “He trusts in the LORD, let the LORD deliver him; let the LORD rescue him, since He delights in him.”

Zechariah 12:10
Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for Him as one grieves for a firstborn son.

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.


Treasury of Scripture

Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?

Luke 24:46
And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:

Psalm 22:1-31
To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring? …

Psalm 69:1-36
To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, A Psalm of David. Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul…

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Luke 24
1. Jesus' resurrection is declared by two angels to the women who come to the tomb.
9. They report it to others.
13. Jesus himself appears to the two disciples that went to Emmaus;
36. afterwards he appears to the apostles, and reproves their unbelief;
47. gives them a charge;
49. promises the Holy Spirit;
50. and so ascends into heaven.














Was it not necessary
This phrase underscores the divine necessity of the events that transpired. The Greek word used here is "ἔδει" (edei), which implies a moral or logical necessity. In the context of Jesus' mission, it was essential according to God's redemptive plan. This necessity is not merely a matter of fate but is deeply rooted in the fulfillment of God's promises and prophecies throughout the Old Testament. The necessity speaks to the predetermined plan of God, which is a recurring theme in Scripture, emphasizing that the events of Jesus' suffering and resurrection were not random but divinely orchestrated.

for the Christ
The term "Christ" is the Greek equivalent of the Hebrew "Messiah," meaning "Anointed One." This title is rich with Old Testament significance, pointing to the one chosen by God to deliver His people. The expectation of the Messiah was deeply ingrained in Jewish thought, and Jesus' identification as the Christ is central to Christian belief. The use of "the Christ" here affirms Jesus' identity and mission as the fulfillment of messianic prophecies, such as those found in Isaiah 53 and Psalm 22, which speak of a suffering servant.

to suffer
The suffering of the Messiah was a concept that many Jews of Jesus' time struggled to understand, as they expected a triumphant political leader. However, the prophetic writings, particularly Isaiah 53, clearly depict a suffering servant. The Greek word "πάσχειν" (paschein) used here indicates enduring pain or hardship. Jesus' suffering was not only physical but also spiritual, as He bore the sins of humanity. This suffering was necessary for the atonement of sin, fulfilling the sacrificial system outlined in the Old Testament, where the innocent suffers for the guilty.

and then to enter
The word "enter" (εἰσελθεῖν, eiselthein) signifies a transition or movement into a new state or place. In this context, it refers to Jesus' resurrection and ascension, marking His transition from suffering to glory. This movement is not just a physical change but a spiritual and cosmic one, as Jesus enters into His exalted state, seated at the right hand of the Father. This transition is a pivotal moment in Christian theology, signifying the completion of His earthly mission and the beginning of His eternal reign.

His glory?
The term "glory" (δόξαν, doxan) in biblical usage often refers to the visible manifestation of God's presence and majesty. For Jesus, entering His glory means being restored to His pre-incarnate state of divine majesty and honor. This glory is not only a return to His rightful place but also a new dimension of glory achieved through His obedience and sacrifice. Philippians 2:9-11 echoes this, where God exalts Jesus and bestows upon Him the name above every name. The glory of Christ is both a present reality and a future hope for believers, as they too will share in His glory.

(26) Ought not Christ to have suffered?--Better, the Christ. The thought that the sufferings were a necessary condition of the glory that followed, became from this time forth almost as an axiom of Christian thought. So we read of "the sufferings of the Christ, and the glory that should follow" (1Peter 1:11).

Verse 26. - Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory? better translated, ought not the Christ, etc.? "St. Luke dwells on the Resurrection as a spiritual necessity; St. Mark, as a great fact; St. Matthew, as a glorious and majestic manifestation; and St. John, in its effects on the members of the Church... If this suffering and death were a necessity (οὐχ ἔδει), if it was in accordance with the will of God that the Christ should suffer, and so enter into his glory, and if we can be enabled to see this necessity, and see also the noble issues which flow from it, then we can understand how the same necessity must in due measure be laid upon his brethren" (Westcott). And so we obtain a key to some of the darkest problems of humanity. Thus the Stranger led the "two" to see the true meaning of the "prophets," whose burning words they had so often read and heard without grasping their real deep signification. Thus he led them to see that the Christ must be a suffering before he could be a triumphing Messiah; that the crucifixion of Jesus, over which they wailed with so bitter a wailing, was in fact an essential part of the counsels of God. Then he went on to show that, as his suffering is now fulfilled - for the Crucifixion and death were past - nothing remains of that which is written in the prophets, but the entering into his glory.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
Was it not necessary for
ἔδει (edei)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1163: Third person singular active present of deo; also deon deh-on'; neuter active participle of the same; both used impersonally; it is Necessary.

the
τὸν (ton)
Article - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Christ
Χριστὸν (Christon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 5547: Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus.

to suffer
παθεῖν (pathein)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Strong's 3958: I am acted upon in a certain way, either good or bad; I experience ill treatment, suffer.

these things
ταῦτα (tauta)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's 3778: This; he, she, it.

and then
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

to enter
εἰσελθεῖν (eiselthein)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Strong's 1525: To go in, come in, enter. From eis and erchomai; to enter.

His
αὐτοῦ (autou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

glory?”
δόξαν (doxan)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1391: From the base of dokeo; glory, in a wide application.


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