Luke 24:46

He said to them, “Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day,

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In The King James Version

And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:

In Context

45Then he opened their minds, that they might understand the Scriptures.

47and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

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Cross References

Psalms 22:1My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?

Isaiah 53:2For he grew up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of dry ground. He has no good looks or majesty. When we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.

Luke 24:26Didn’t the Christ have to suffer these things and to enter into his glory?”

Acts 4:12There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven that is given among men, by which we must be saved!”

1 Peter 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

Matthew Henry on Luke 24:37-50

Christ's Interview with the Apostles. 36 And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. 37 But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit. 38 And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts? 39 Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have. 40 And when he had thus spoken, he showed them his hands and his… Read the whole commentary →

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