Luke 24:26

Wasn’t ¹  it necessary ²  for the Christ ³  to suffer these things and enter into his glory?”

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Did not the Christ have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?"

biblegateway Luk 24:26

"Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and to enter into His glory?"

biblegateway Luk 24:26

Wasn’t it clearly predicted by the prophets that the Messiah would have to suffer all these things before entering his time of glory?"

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Don't you see that these things had to happen, that the Messiah had to suffer and only then enter into his glory?"

SABDAweb Luk 24:26

Was it not necessary for the Christ to go through these things, and to come into his glory?

bibleoremus Luk 24:26

Was it not necessary that the Messiah should suffer these things and then enter into his glory?"

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"Ought not the Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into His glory?"

biblegateway Luk 24:26

Wasn’t ¹  it necessary ²  for the Christ ³  to suffer these things and enter into his glory?”

¹ tn This Greek particle (οὐχί, ouci) expects a positive reply.

² sn The statement Wasn’t it necessary is a reference to the design of God’s plan (see Luke 24:7). Suffering must precede glory (see Luke 17:25).

³ tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

³ sn See the note on Christ in 2:11.