Matthew 17:23
They will kill him, and on the third day he will be raised up.” And the disciples were greatly distressed.
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. And they were exceeding sorry.
In Context
Cross References
Matthew 16:21From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and that he must be killed and on the third day be raised up.
John 2:19Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”
John 16:20Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn to joy.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 17:23-24
Christ's Sufferings Foretold. 22 And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men: 23 And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. And they were exceeding sorry. Christ here foretels his own sufferings; he began to do it before ( ch. xvi. 21 ); and, finding that it was to his disciples a hard saying, he saw it necessary to repeat it. There are some things which God speaketh once, yea twice, and yet man perceiveth it not. Observe… Read the whole commentary →