Luke 24 · Verse 26

Luke 24:26

Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?
Luke 24:26, King James Version

Luke 24:26 in other translations

BSBWas it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and then to enter His glory?”
WEBDidn’t the Christ have to suffer these things and to enter into his glory?”
ASVBehooved it not the Christ to suffer these things, and to enter into his glory?
YLTWas it not behoving the Christ these things to suffer, and to enter into his glory?'
DARBYOught not the Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into his glory?
BBEWas it not necessary for the Christ to go through these things, and to come into his glory?
WebsterOught not Christ to suffer these things, and to enter into his glory?

What does Luke 24:26 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 24:25-27

25-27. fools--senseless, without understanding.

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Barnes' Notes
Verse 26. Ought not Christ, &c. Ought not the Messiah. Was there not evidence that he would do it? and was it not indispensable that he should, in order to fulfil the prophecies? The necessity of his suffering these things referred to here was that it was foretold that he would. The reason why it was predicted, and why it was necessary that it should occur, was that it was proper that God should manifest his justice, and do honour to his law, and secure the due regard for his government, while he pardoned the guilty.

(s) Lk 24:46, Acts 17:3, He 9:22,23

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 26 Ought not Christ to have suffered - Ουχι εδει παθειν τον Χριστον, Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer. This was the way in which sin must be expiated, and, without this, no soul could have been saved. The suffering Messiah is he alone by whom Israel and the world can be saved.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 24:13-27

This appearance of Jesus to the two disciples going to Emmaus, happened the same day that he rose from the dead. It well becomes the disciples of Christ to talk together of his death and resurrection; thus they may improve one another's knowledge, refresh one another's memory, and stir up each other's devout affections. And where but two together are well employed in work of that kind, he will come to them, and make…

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Luke 24:26 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.

οὐχὶouchiSurelyG3780
ταῦταtautathese thingsG3778
ἔδειedeiit was necessary forG1163
παθεῖνpatheinto sufferG3958
τὸνtontheG3588
χριστὸνchristonChristG5547
καὶkaiandG2532
εἰσελθεῖνeiseltheinto enterG1525
εἰςeisintoG1519
τὴνtēntheG3588
δόξανdoxangloryG1391
αὐτοῦ;autouof Him?G846

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Luke 24:26

  • 1 Peter 1:11

    Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.

  • 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.

  • 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. …

  • Acts 17:3

    Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ.

  • Hebrews 2:8-10

    Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him. But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man. For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

  • Hebrews 12:2

    Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

  • Luke 24:46

    And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:

  • 1 Corinthians 15:3-4

    For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

  • Hebrews 9:22-23

    And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission. It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

  • Luke 24:7

    Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.

  • 1 Peter 1:3

    Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

  • Luke 24:44

    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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
46; Ps 22:1-31; 69:1-36; Isa 53:1-12; Zec 13:7; Ac 17:3; 1Co 15:3,4
Heb 2:8-10; 9:22,23; 1Pe 1:3,11

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Context

  • Luke 24:25

    Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:

  • Luke 24:26

    Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?

  • Luke 24:27

    And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.

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Luke 24:26 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
¿No era necesario que el Cristo padeciera estas cosas, y que entrara en su gloria?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Ne fallait-il pas que le Christ souffre ces choses, et qu’il entre dans sa gloire?
German
Elberfelder 1871
Mußte nicht der Christus dies leiden und in seine Herrlichkeit eingehen?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Nonne hæc oportuit pati Christum, et ita intrare in gloriam suam?