Matthew 26:54

26:54 How then would the scriptures that say it must happen this way be fulfilled?”

Matthew 17:10

17:10 The disciples asked him, ¹  “Why then do the experts in the law ²  say that Elijah must come first?”

Matthew 24:6

24:6 You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. Make sure that you are not alarmed, for this must happen, but the end is still to come. ³ 

Matthew 16:21

First Prediction of Jesus’ Death and Resurrection

16:21 From that time on ⁴  Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem ⁵  and suffer ⁶  many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and experts in the law, ⁷  and be killed, and on the third day be raised.

¹ tn Grk “asked him, saying.” The participle λέγοντες (legontes) is redundant and has not been translated.

² tn Or “do the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.

¹ tn Grk “it is not yet the end.”

¹ tn Grk “From then.”

² map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

³ sn The necessity that the Son of Man suffer is the particular point that needed emphasis since for many 1st century Jews the Messiah was a glorious and powerful figure, not a suffering one.

⁴ tn Or “and scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.