Lukas 13:33

33 Doch muß ich heute und morgen und am Tage darnach wandeln; denn es tut's nicht, daß ein Prophet umkomme außer Jerusalem.

Lukas 13:33 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 13:33

Nevertheless, I must walk
The Syriac version reads, "I must work", and so the Arabic: as going about doing good, casting out devils, and healing diseases:

today and tomorrow, and the day following:
a few days more in Galilee, and towards Jerusalem: all the Oriental versions read, "the day following I shall depart"; either out of this world; or out of Galilee, and go to Jerusalem, and there suffer and die:

for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem;
because the great sanhedrim only sat at Jerusalem, to whom it belonged to try and judge a prophet; and if found false, to condemn him, and put him to death; the rule is this ^F5;

``they do not judge, neither a tribe, nor a false prophet, nor an high priest, but by the sanhedrim of seventy and one.''

Not but that prophets sometimes perished elsewhere, as John the Baptist in Galilee; but not according to a judicial process, in which way Christ the prophet was to be cut off, nor was it common; instances of this kind were rare, and always in a violent way; and even such as were sentenced to death by the lesser sanhedrim, were brought to Jerusalem, and publicly executed there, whose crimes were of another sort; for so runs the canon ^F6;

``they do not put any one to death by the sanhedrim, which is in his city, nor by the sanhedrim in Jabneh; but they bring him to the great, sanhedrim in Jerusalem, and keep him till the feast, and put him to death on a feast day, as it is said ( Deuteronomy 17:13 ) "and all the people shall hear and fear."''

And since Jerusalem was the place where the prophets were usually put to death, it follows,

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FOOTNOTES:

F5 Misn. Sanhedrin, c. 1. sect. 5. & T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 18. 2.
F6 Misn. Sanhedrin, c. 10. sect. 4.

Lukas 13:33 In-Context

31 An demselben Tage kamen etliche Pharisäer und sprachen zu ihm: Hebe dich hinaus und gehe von hinnen; denn Herodes will dich töten!

32 Und er sprach zu ihnen: Gehet hin und saget diesem Fuchs: Siehe, ich treibe Teufel aus und mache gesund heut und morgen, und am dritten Tage werde ich ein Ende nehmen.

33 Doch muß ich heute und morgen und am Tage darnach wandeln; denn es tut's nicht, daß ein Prophet umkomme außer Jerusalem.

34 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, die du tötest die Propheten und steinigest, die zu dir gesandt werden, wie oft habe ich wollen deine Kinder versammeln, wie eine Henne ihr Nest unter ihre Flügel, und ihr habt nicht gewollt!

35 Sehet, euer Haus soll euch wüst gelassen werden. Denn ich sage euch: Ihr werdet mich nicht sehen, bis daß es komme, daß ihr sagen werdet: Gelobt ist, der da kommt im Namen des HERRN!