Luke 18 · Verse 31

Luke 18:31

Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished.
Luke 18:31, King James Version

Luke 18:31 in other translations

BSBThen Jesus took the Twelve aside and said to them, “Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything the prophets have written about the Son of Man will be fulfilled.
WEBHe took the twelve aside and said to them, “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and all the things that are written through the prophets concerning the Son of Man will be completed.
ASVAnd he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all the things that are written through the prophets shall be accomplished unto the Son of man.
YLTAnd having taken the twelve aside, he said unto them, ‘Lo, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things shall be completed--that have been written through the prophets--to the Son of Man,
DARBYAnd he took the twelve to him and said to them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written of the Son of man by the prophets shall be accomplished;
BBEAnd he took with him the twelve and said to them, Now we are going up to Jerusalem, and all the things which were said by the prophets will be done to the Son of man.
WebsterThen he took the twelve, and said to them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished.

What does Luke 18:31 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
31. all written by the prophets concerning the Son of man ... be accomplished--showing how Christ Himself read, and would have us to read, the Old Testament, in which some otherwise evangelical interpreters find no prophecies, or virtually none, of the sufferings of the Son of man.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Barnes' Notes
Verses 31-33. Mt 20:17-19.

By the prophets. Those who foretold the coming of the Messiah, and whose predictions are recorded in the Old Testament.

Son of man. The Messiah. They predicted that certain things would take place respecting the Messiah that was to come. Dan 9:25, also Dan 9:26-27; Isa 53:1.

These things, Jesus said, would be accomplished in him, he being the Son of man, or the Messiah.

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 31 Behold, we go up to Jerusalem - See the notes on this discourse, Mat 20:17-19 (note), and Mar 10:32 (note).

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 18:31-34
The Spirit of Christ, in the Old Testament prophets, testified beforehand his sufferings, and the glory that should follow, 1Pe 1:11. The disciples' prejudices were so strong, that they would not understand these things literally. They were so intent upon the prophecies which spake of Christ's glory, that they overlooked those which spake of his sufferings. People run into mistakes, because they read their Bibles by halves, and are only for the smooth things. We are as backward to learn the proper lessons from the sufferings, crucifixion, and resurrection of Christ, as the disciples were to what he told them as to those events; and for the same reason; self-love, and a desire of worldly objects, close our understandings.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Luke 18:31 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ΠαραλαβὼνParalabōnHaving taken asideG3880
δὲdethenG1161
τοὺςtoustheG3588
δώδεκαdōdekaTwelveG1427
εἶπενeipenHe saidG2036
πρὸςprostoG4314
αὐτούς·autousthem;G846
ἰδοὺidouBeholdG2400
ἀναβαίνομενanabainomenwe go upG305
εἰςeistoG1519
Ἰερουσαλήμ,IerousalēmJerusalem,G2419
καὶkaiandG2532
τελεσθήσεταιtelesthēsetaiwill be accomplishedG5055
πάνταpantaall thingsG3956
τὰtawhichG3588
γεγραμμέναgegrammenawrittenG1125
διὰdiathroughG1223
τῶνtōntheG3588
προφητῶνprophētōnprophetsG4396
τῷtōabout theG3588
υἱῷhuiōSonG5207
τοῦtou<the>G3588
ἀνθρώπου·anthrōpouof Man;G444

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Cross references for Luke 18:31

  • Matthew 20:17-19

    And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death, And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.

  • Isaiah 53:1-12

    Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. …

  • Psalms 22:1-31

    To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring? O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent. But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel. Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them. …

  • Mark 10:32-34

    And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus went before them: and they were amazed; and as they followed, they were afraid. And he took again the twelve, and began to tell them what things should happen unto him, Saying, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests, and unto the scribes; and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the Gentiles: And they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him: and the third day he shall rise again.

  • Luke 24:44-46

    And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me. Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures, And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:

  • Matthew 16:21

    From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.

  • Zechariah 13:7

    Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the Lord of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.

  • Luke 9:51

    And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,

  • Luke 9:22

    Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day.

  • Mark 8:30-31

    And he charged them that they should tell no man of him. And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

  • Daniel 9:26

    And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.

  • Psalms 69:1-36

    To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, A Psalm of David. Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul. I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God. They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Behold.
9:22; 24:6,7; Mt 16:21; 17:22,23; 20:17-19; Mr 8:31,9,30,31
Mr 10:32-34
and.
24:44-46; Ps 22:1-31; 69:1-36; Isa 53:1-12; Da 9:26; Zec 13:7

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Context

  • Luke 18:30

    Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.

  • Luke 18:31

    Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished.

  • Luke 18:32

    For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on:

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Luke 18:31 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y Jesús, tomando á los doce, les dijo: He aquí subimos á Jerusalem, y serán cumplidas todas las cosas que fueron escritas por los profetas, del Hijo del hombre.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et prenant à lui les douze, il leur dit: Voici, nous montons à Jérusalem, et toutes les choses qui sont écrites par les prophètes touchant le fils de l’homme seront accomplies:
German
Elberfelder 1871
Er nahm aber die Zwölfe zu sich und sprach zu ihnen: Siehe, wir gehen hinauf nach Jerusalem, und es wird alles vollendet werden, was durch die Propheten auf den Sohn des Menschen geschrieben ist;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Assumpsit autem Jesus duodecim, et ait illis: Ecce ascendimus Jerosolymam, et consummabuntur omnia quæ scripta sunt per prophetas de Filio hominis: