1 Corinthians 15:16

15:16 For if the dead are not raised, then not even Christ has been raised.

1 Corinthians 15:32

15:32 If from a human point of view I fought with wild beasts at Ephesus, 1  what did it benefit me? If the dead are not raised, let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die. 2 

Romans 6:3-4

6:3 Or do you not know that as many as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 6:4 Therefore we have been buried with him through baptism into death, in order that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too may live a new life. 3 

Matthew 20:22

20:22 Jesus 4  answered, “You don’t know what you are asking! 5  Are you able to drink the cup I am about to drink?” 6  They said to him, “We are able.” 7 

1 map For location see JP1-D2; JP2-D2; JP3-D2; JP4-D2.

2 sn An allusion to Isa 22:13; 56:12.

1 tn Grk “may walk in newness of life,” in which ζωῆς (zwhs) functions as an attributed genitive (see ExSyn 89-90, where this verse is given as a prime example).

1 tn Grk “And answering, Jesus said.” This is somewhat redundant in English and has been simplified in the translation. Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

2 tn The verbs in Greek are plural here, indicating that Jesus is not answering the mother but has turned his attention directly to the two disciples.

3 tc Most mss (C W 33 Ï, as well as some versional and patristic authorities) in addition have “or to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?” But this is surely due to a recollection of the fuller version of this dominical saying found in Mark 10:38. The same mss also have the Lord’s response, “and you will be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized” in v. 23, again due to the parallel in Mark 10:39. The shorter reading, in both v. 22 and v. 23, is to be preferred both because it better explains the rise of the other reading and is found in superior witnesses (א B D L Z Θ 085 Ë1,13 pc lat, as well as other versional and patristic authorities).

4 sn No more naïve words have ever been spoken as those found here coming from James and John, “We are able.” They said it with such confidence and ease, yet they had little clue as to what they were affirming. In the next sentence Jesus confirms that they will indeed suffer for his name.