Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
How then would the scriptures be fulfilled that it must happen in this way?"
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
How, then, would the Scriptures be fulfilled that say this must happen?"
A Conservative Version
How then would the scriptures be fulfilled that it is necessary to happen this way?
American Standard Version
How then should the scriptures be fulfilled that thus it must be?
Amplified
An Understandable Version
How [else] then should the Scriptures be fulfilled that this must happen [than what is taking place]?"
Anderson New Testament
But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?
Bible in Basic English
But how then would the Writings come true, which say that so it has to be?
Common New Testament
But how then could the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must happen in this way?"
Daniel Mace New Testament
but how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, which say, that thus it must happen?
Darby Translation
How then should the scriptures be fulfilled that thus it must be?
Godbey New Testament
How then would the Scriptures be fulfilled, because it is necessary thus to be done?
Goodspeed New Testament
But then how are the Scriptures to be fulfilled, which say that this must happen?"
John Wesley New Testament
But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?
Julia Smith Translation
How then would the writings be filled up, that so it must be?
King James 2000
But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?
Modern King James verseion
But how then shall the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must be so?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But how then should the scriptures be fulfilled? For so must it be."
Moffatt New Testament
Only, how could the scriptures be fulfilled then ??the scriptures that say this must be so?"
Montgomery New Testament
"But if I did, how could the Scriptures be fulfilled that say that thus it must happen?"
NET Bible
How then would the scriptures that say it must happen this way be fulfilled?"
New Heart English Bible
How then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that it must be so?"
Noyes New Testament
But how then shall the Scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?
Sawyer New Testament
How then would the Scriptures be accomplished, that it must be so?
The Emphasized Bible
How then should the Scriptures be fulfilled, that, thus, it must needs come to pass?
Thomas Haweis New Testament
But how then would the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?
Twentieth Century New Testament
But in that case how would the Scriptures be fulfilled, which say that this must be?"
Webster
But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?
Weymouth New Testament
In that case how are the Scriptures to be fulfilled which declare that thus it must be?"
Williams New Testament
How then could the Scriptures be fulfilled, for they say this is the way it must be?"
World English Bible
How then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that it must be so?"
Worrell New Testament
How, then, could the Scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?"
Worsley New Testament
but how then should the scriptures be fulfilled, which say that thus it must be?
Youngs Literal Translation
how then may the Writings be fulfilled, that thus it behoveth to happen?'
Themes
Jesus Christ » Death of, voluntary
Jesus Christ » History of » Is betrayed and apprehended (in the garden of gethsemane)
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 26:54
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Betrayal And Arrest Of Jesus
53 Or do you think that I cannot call upon my Father, and he would put at my disposal at once more than twelve legions of angels? 54 How then would the scriptures be fulfilled that it must happen in this way?" 55 At that time Jesus said to the crowds, "Have you come out with swords and clubs, as against a robber, to arrest me? Every day in the temple [courts] I sat teaching, and you did not arrest me!
Cross References
Matthew 26:24
The Son of Man is going just as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for him if that man had not been born."
Psalm 22:1-31
My God, my God why have you forsaken me? [Why are you] far from helping me, [far from] the words of my groaning?
Psalm 69:1-36
Save me, O God, because waters have come up to [my] neck.
Isaiah 53:1-12
Who has believed our message, and to whom has the arm of Yahweh been revealed?
Daniel 9:24-26
"Seventy weeks is decreed for your people and {for your holy city}, to put an end to the transgression and to seal [up] sin and to make atonement for guilt and to bring [in] everlasting righteousness and to seal vision and prophet and to anoint {the most holy place}.
Zechariah 13:7
"O sword, awake against my shepherd, against [the] man [who is] my associate," {declares} Yahweh of hosts. "Strike the shepherd, so that the sheep may be scattered, and I will turn my hand against the small [ones].
Luke 24:25-26
And he said to them, "O foolish and slow in heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!
Luke 24:44-46
And he said to them, "These [are] my words that I spoke to you [while I] was still with you, that everything that is written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and psalms must be fulfilled."
John 10:35
If he called them 'gods' to whom the word of God came--and the scripture cannot be broken--
Acts 1:16
"Men [and] brothers, it was necessary [that] the scripture be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit proclaimed beforehand through the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus,