“And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,”
As the time approached for him to be taken up to heaven, Jesus resolutely set his face to go to Jerusalem — the pivotal verse of Luke: the time approached (symplēroōsthai, being fulfilled) for him to be taken up to heaven (the ascension anticipates the passion and its resolution). Resolutely set his face (to prosōpon estērizen, he set/hardened his face) toward Jerusalem: the prophetic determination of Isaiah 50:7 (I set my face like flint). The journey to Jerusalem that will occupy chapters 9:51–19:44 begins here.
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