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But first, he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.
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Suffering Precedes Glory
Commentators emphasize the word 'first' to show a divine order. Jesus's suffering and rejection were not a tragic interruption but a necessary, prophesied prerequisite for His glorious second coming. As multiple scholars note, this sequence of suffering before glory is a key theme in Luke's gospel, reminding believers that the path to triumph was through the cross.
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But first (πρωτον δε). The second coming will be only after the Cross.
19th Century
Anglican
But first must he suffer many things.—See Notes on Matthew 16:21; Matthew 17:22. The interposition of this pro…
Baptist
And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine? There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save thi…
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Jesus continues the emphasis on the suddenness of the kingdom’s coming. “One of the days” probably refers to the initiation of the reign of the com…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But first must he suffer many things By cruel mockings, spitting, buffeting, scourging, and, at last, death itself; …
Presbyterian
The kingdom of God was among the Jews, or rather within some of them. It was a spiritual kingdom, established in the heart by the power of Divine g…
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