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saying, "The Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up."
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The Divine 'Must' of the Passion
Commentators emphasize that Jesus' suffering was not a tragic accident but a divine necessity. The Greek word for 'rejected' implies a formal rejection after a trial. This first explicit passion prediction in Luke details a sequence of events—suffering, rejection, death, and resurrection—that fulfilled Old Testament prophecy and was essential to God's plan.
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Rejected (αποδοκιμασθηνα). First aorist passive infinitive of αποδοκιμαζω, to reject after trial.
The third day
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