Charles Ellicott Commentary Luke 17:25

"But first must he suffer many things and be rejected of this generation." — Luke 17:25 (ASV)

But first must he suffer many things.—See Notes on Matthew 16:21; Matthew 17:22. The interposition of this prophecy of the Passion in a discourse which bears primarily on the Second Advent is an individualising feature of this record of St. Luke’s.