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Luke 17:25

25 But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.

Luke 17:25 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
25 But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation.
English Standard Version (ESV)
25 But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.
New Living Translation (NLT)
25 But first the Son of Man must suffer terribly and be rejected by this generation.
The Message Bible (MSG)
25 But first it's necessary that he suffer many things and be turned down by the people of today.
American Standard Version (ASV)
25 But first must he suffer many things and be rejected of this generation.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
25 But first he must suffer a lot and be rejected by the people of his day.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
25 But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
25 But first the Son of Man must suffer many things. He will not be accepted by the people of today.

Luke 17:25 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 17:25

But first must he suffer many things
By cruel mockings, spitting, buffeting, scourging, and, at last, death itself; all which must be, and were before his day came, or he entered into his glory, or came in it:

and be rejected of this generation;
as the Messiah, and be treated with the utmost scorn and contempt, and in the most base and ignominious manner: being put to the death of the cross, and hanged upon the accursed tree: all which were necessary, "must" be; on account of the purposes and decrees of God; the covenant engagements of Christ; the predictions of the prophets of the Old Testament, and his own; and the salvation of his people.

Luke 17:25 In-Context

23 People will tell you, ‘There he is!’ or ‘Here he is!’ Do not go running off after them.
24 For the Son of Man in his daywill be like the lightning, which flashes and lights up the sky from one end to the other.
25 But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.
26 “Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man.
27 People were eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marriage up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.

Cross References 3

  • 1. S Matthew 16:21
  • 2. Luke 9:22; Luke 18:32
  • 3. Mark 13:30; Luke 21:32
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