Thematic Bible: Predicts his own sufferings


Thematic Bible



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

For I tell you that this [Scripture] which is written must be completed and fulfilled in Me: ‘And He was counted with the criminals’; for that which refers to Me has its fulfillment [and is settled].”



I have a baptism [of great suffering] with which to be baptized, and how [greatly] I am distressed until it is accomplished!

saying that the Son of Man must be handed over to sinful men, and be crucified, and on the third day rise [from death to life].”

and said, “And so it is written, that the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed) would suffer and rise from the dead on the third day,

Just as Moses lifted up the [bronze] serpent in the desert [on a pole], so must the Son of Man be lifted up [on the cross],


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

For I tell you that this [Scripture] which is written must be completed and fulfilled in Me: ‘And He was counted with the criminals’; for that which refers to Me has its fulfillment [and is settled].”



I have a baptism [of great suffering] with which to be baptized, and how [greatly] I am distressed until it is accomplished!

saying that the Son of Man must be handed over to sinful men, and be crucified, and on the third day rise [from death to life].”

and said, “And so it is written, that the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed) would suffer and rise from the dead on the third day,

Just as Moses lifted up the [bronze] serpent in the desert [on a pole], so must the Son of Man be lifted up [on the cross],