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Matthew 16:21

From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.

KJV

Ἀπὸ τότε ἤρξατο ὁ Ἰησοῦς δεικνύειν τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ ὅτι δεῖ αὐτὸν εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα ἀπελθεῖν καὶ πολλὰ παθεῖν ἀπὸ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων καὶ ἀρχιερέων καὶ γραμματέων καὶ ἀποκτανθῆναι καὶ τῇ τρίτῃ ἡμέρᾳ ἐγερθῆναι.

Greek NT

Exinde cœpit Jesus ostendere discipulis suis, quia oporteret eum ire Jerosolymam, et multa pati a senioribus, et scribis, et principibus sacerdotum, et occidi, et tertia die resurgere.

Vulgate

From that time began Jesus to show unto his disciples, that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.

ASV

From that time Jesus began to shew to his disciples, that he must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the ancients and scribes and chief priests, and be put to death, and the third day rise again.

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In the original Greek

23 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γραμματεύς
grammateus
noun · 64×
δεικνύω
deiknuo
verb · 32×
δεῖ
dei
verb · 103×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
μαθητής
mathetes
noun · 261×
πάσχω
pascho
verb · 41×
πολύς
polus
adjective · 412×
πρεσβύτερος
presbuteros
adjective · 67×
τρίτος
tritos
adjective · 56×
τότε
tote
adverb · 157×
ἀπέρχομαι
aperchomai
verb · 117×
ἀποκτείνω
apokteino
verb · 74×
ἀπό
apo
preposition · 640×
ἀρχιερεύς
archiereus
noun · 121×
ἄρχομαι
archomai
verb · 85×
ἐγείρω
egeiro
verb · 143×
ἡμέρα
emera
noun · 388×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
Ἱεροσόλυμα
ierosoluma
noun · 61×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: ὁ Ἰησοῦς | Treg/NIV/RP: ὁ Ἰησοῦς | WH: Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς
  • ὁ Ἰησοῦς — SBLGNT
  • ὁ Ἰησοῦς — Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
  • Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς — Westcott-Hort
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα ἀπελθεῖν | WH/Treg/NIV: εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα ἀπελθεῖν | RP: ἀπελθεῖν εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα
  • εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα ἀπελθεῖν — SBLGNT
  • εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα ἀπελθεῖν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἀπελθεῖν εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Themes

Historic Christian voices

11 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§440Jesus accepted Peter's profession of faith, which acknowledged him to be the Messiah, by announcing the imminent Passion of the Son of Man.40 He unveiled the authentic content of his messianic kingship both in the transcendent identity of the Son of Man "who came down from heaven", and in his redemptive mission as the suffering Servant: "The Son of Man came not to be served but…
§554From the day Peter confessed that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God, the Master "began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things. . . and be killed, and on the third day be raised."290 Peter scorns this prediction, nor do the others understand it any better than he.291 In this context the mysterious episode of Jesus' Transfiguration …
§607The desire to embrace his Father's plan of redeeming love inspired Jesus' whole life,418 for his redemptive passion was the very reason for his Incarnation. and so he asked, "and what shall I say? 'Father, save me from this hour'? No, for this purpose I have come to this hour."419 and again, "Shall I not drink the cup which the Father has given me?"420 From the cross, just befo…
Continuation of the foregoing argument. Proofs from the writings of St. Paul, and from the words of Our Lord, that Christ and Jesus cannot be considered as distinct beings; neither can it be alleged that the Son of God became man merely in appearance, but that He did so truly and actually. 1. As it has been clearly demonstrated that the Word, who existed in the beginning with G…
Homilies on Matthew · 2 passages
2. What then says the mouth of the apostles, Peter, the ever fervent, the leader of the apostolic choir? When all are asked, he answers. And whereas when He asked the opinion of the people, all replied to the question; when He asked their own, Peter springs forward, and anticipates them, and says, You are the Christ, the Son of the living God. Matthew 16:16 What then says Chris…
2. And not for this only does He call him Elias everywhere, but to signify His perfect agreement with the Old Testament, and that this advent too is according to prophecy. Wherefore also He adds again, He came, and they knew him not, but have done unto him all things whatsoever they listed. Matthew 17:12 What means, all things whatsoever they listed? They cast him into prison, …
1. Concerning Those Who Asked Him to Show Them a Sign from Heaven. And the Sadducees and Pharisees came, and tempting Him kept asking Him to show them a sign from heaven. Matthew 16:1 The Sadducees and Pharisees who disagreed with each other in regard to the most essential truths, — for the Pharisees champion the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead, hoping that there will …
1. Relation of the Baptist to Elijah. The Theory of Transmigration Considered. The disciples asked Him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elijah must first come? Matthew 17:10 The disciples indeed who went up with Jesus remembered the traditions of the scribes concerning Elijah, that before the advent of Christ, Elijah would come and prepare for Him the souls of those who w…

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 24:1 — Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
  • 1Cor 15:3 — For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
  • 1Cor 15:4 — And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
  • Acts 2:23 — Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
  • Acts 21:12 — And when we heard these things, both we, and they of that place, besought him not to go up to Jerusalem.
  • Heb 12:2 — Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
  • John 2:19 — Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
  • John 11:8 — His disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late sought to stone thee; and goest thou thither again?
  • John 20:9 — For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead.
  • Luke 9:22 — 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.
  • Luke 9:22 — 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.
  • Luke 9:31 — Who appeared in glory, and spake of his decease which he should accomplish at Jerusalem.
  • Luke 9:44 — Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men.
  • Luke 17:25 — But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation.
  • Luke 17:25 — But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation.
  • Luke 18:31 — 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.
  • Luke 18:31 — 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.
  • Luke 18:32 — For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on:
  • Luke 18:33 — And they shall scourge him, and put him to death: and the third day he shall rise again.
  • Luke 24:6 — He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee,
  • Luke 24:6 — He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee,
  • Luke 24:7 — Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.
  • Luke 24:26 — Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?
  • Luke 24:44 — And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the
  • 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:
  • Mark 8:31 — And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
  • Mark 8:31 — And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
  • Mark 9:12 — And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought.
  • Mark 9:31 — For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day.
  • Mark 9:31 — For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day.
  • Mark 10:32 — And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus went before them: and they were amazed; and as they followed, they were afraid. And he took again the twelve, and began to tell them what thin
  • Mark 10:33 — Saying, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests, and unto the scribes; and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the Gentiles:
  • Mark 10:34 — And they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him: and the third day he shall rise again.
  • Mark 14:28 — But after that I am risen, I will go before you into Galilee.
  • Matt 12:40 — For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
  • Matt 16:28 — Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.
  • Matt 17:12 — But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them.
  • Matt 17:12 — But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them.
  • Matt 17:22 — And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men:
  • Matt 17:22 — And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men: