LUKE 18:31 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished.”
Jesus took the Twelve aside and told them, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written by the prophets about the Son of Man will be fulfilled — the third and most detailed passion prediction in Luke. We are going up to Jerusalem: the journey nears its destination. Everything written by the prophets about the Son of Man will be fulfilled: the comprehensive fulfillment claim — the entire prophetic testimony about the Son of Man reaches its completion in what is about to happen.
Church Fathers on Luke 18:31
The Savior foreseeing that the hearts of His disciples would be troubled at His Passion, tells them long before-hand both the suffering of His Passion and the glory of His Resurrection.
And knowing that there would arise certain heretics, saying, that Christ taught things contrary to the Law and the Prophets, He shows already that the voices of the Prophets had proclaimed the accomplishment of His Passion, and the glory which should follow.
He speaks with His disciples apart, concerning His Passion. For it was not fitting to publish this word to the multitudes, lest they should be troubled, but to His disciples He foretold it, that being habituated by expectation, they might be the more able to bear it.
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