"Christ HAD to Suffer"

During his ministry, Jesus told his disciples on at least fifteen separate occasions that he, the Christ, the Messiah, was going to have to suffer and die to redeem sinful men. It was the very purpose of his coming. There was no other way for men to be saved. None of the disciples understood this until the resurrected Jesus revealed it first to the two returning to Emmaus and then to the apostles. Lu 24_{25-27, 44-47} Two angels also told the women on resurrection morning. Lu 24_7,8

At Passover in Jerusalem Jn 2_18,19
Then the Jews demanded of him, "What miraculous sign can you show us to prove your authority to do all this?" Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days." The Jews replied, "It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and you are going to raise it in three days?" But the temple he had spoken of was his body. After he was raised from the dead, his disciples recalled what he had said. Then they believed the Scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken.

During talk with Nicodemus Jn 3_14,15
Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.

While preaching at Capernaum Jn 6₅₁
I am the bread of life. Your forefathers ate the manna in the desert, yet they died. But here is the bread that comes down from heaven, which a man may eat and not die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world." Then the Jews began to argue sharply among themselves, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?" Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.

After it was revealed to Peter that Jesus was the Son of God Mk 8₃₁ Math 16₂₁ Lu 9₂₂
He then began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and after three days rise again.

When descending the Mt of Transfiguration Math 17_9-13 Mk 9_9-13
As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus instructed them, "Don't tell anyone what you have seen, until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead." The disciples asked him, "Why then do the teachers of the law say that Elijah must come first?" Jesus replied, "To be sure, Elijah comes and will restore all things. But I tell you, Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but have done to him everything they wished. In the same way the Son of Man is going to suffer at their hands." Then the disciples understood that he was talking to them about John the Baptist.

After delivering boy with evil deaf and mute spirit Lu 9_43-45 Math 17_22,23 Mk 9_30-32
And they were all amazed at the greatness of God. While everyone was marvelling at all that Jesus did, he said to his disciples, "Listen carefully to what I am about to tell you: The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men." But they did not understand what this meant. It was hidden from them, so that they did not grasp it, and they were afraid to ask him about it.

At Tabernacles in Jerusalem Jn 10_14-18
"I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me - Just as the Father knows me and I know the Father - and I lay down my life for the sheep. I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd. The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life - only to take it up again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father."

On the way up to Jerusalem Lu 18_31-34 Math 20_17-19 Mk 10_32-34
Jesus took the Twelve aside and told them, "We are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written by the prophets about the Son of Man will be fulfilled. He will be handed over to the Gentiles. They will mock him, insult him, spit on him, flog him and kill him. On the third day he will rise again." The disciples did not understand any of this. Its meaning was hidden from them, and they did not know what he was talking about.

Also on the way up to Jerusalem Math 20₂₈ Mk 10₄₅
For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.

While Jesus taught in Jerusalem Math 21_33-42 Mk 12_1-11 Lu 20_9-18
Listen to another parable: "There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and went away on a journey. When the harvest time approached, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his fruit. The tenants seized his servants; they beat one, killed another, and stoned a third. Then he sent other servants to them, more than the first time, and the tenants treated them the same way. Last of all, he sent his son to them. 'They will respect my son,' he said. But when the tenants saw the son, they said to each other, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him and take his inheritance.' So they took him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants? 'He will bring those wretches to a wretched end,' they replied, 'and he will rent the vineyard to other tenants, who will give him his share of the crop at harvest time.'" Jesus said to them, "Have you never read in the Scriptures: 'The stone the builders rejected has become the capstone; the Lord has done this, and it is marvellous in our eyes'?"

End-time teaching in Jerusalem Lu 17_24,25
For (the coming of) the Son of Man in his day will be like the lightning ... but first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.

While in Jerusalem Math 26₂
"As you know, the Passover is two days away - and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified."

During further teaching in Jerusalem Jn 12_23,24
Jesus replied, "The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.

At last Passover Lu 22_15,16
And he said to them, "I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it finds fulfilment in the kingdom of God."

At last Passover Lu 22_36,37
He said to them ... "It is written: 'And he was numbered with the transgressors'; and I tell you that this must be fulfilled in me. Yes, what is written about me is reaching its fulfilment."
[The apostles would have known that Is 53 also says, 'He was despised and rejected ... we considered him stricken by God, smitten by him and afflicted ... the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all ... he was led like a (Passover) lamb to the slaughter.']

Two angels also tell women
on resurrection morning Lu 24_6-8
"Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: 'The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, be crucified and the third day be raised again.'" Then they remembered his words.

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At Passover in Jerusalem	Jn 2_18,19 Then the Jews demanded of him, "What miraculous sign can you show us to prove your authority to do all this?" Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days." The Jews replied, "It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and you are going to raise it in three days?" But the temple he had spoken of was his body. After he was raised from the dead, his disciples recalled what he had said. Then they believed the Scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken.
During talk with Nicodemus	Jn 3_14,15 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.
While preaching at Capernaum	Jn 6₅₁ I am the bread of life. Your forefathers ate the manna in the desert, yet they died. But here is the bread that comes down from heaven, which a man may eat and not die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world." Then the Jews began to argue sharply among themselves, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?" Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.
After it was revealed to Peter that Jesus was the Son of God	Mk 8₃₁ Math 16₂₁ Lu 9₂₂ He then began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and after three days rise again.
When descending the Mt of Transfiguration	Math 17_9-13 Mk 9_9-13 As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus instructed them, "Don't tell anyone what you have seen, until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead." The disciples asked him, "Why then do the teachers of the law say that Elijah must come first?" Jesus replied, "To be sure, Elijah comes and will restore all things. But I tell you, Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but have done to him everything they wished. In the same way the Son of Man is going to suffer at their hands." Then the disciples understood that he was talking to them about John the Baptist.
After delivering boy with evil deaf and mute spirit	Lu 9_43-45 Math 17_22,23 Mk 9_30-32 And they were all amazed at the greatness of God. While everyone was marvelling at all that Jesus did, he said to his disciples, "Listen carefully to what I am about to tell you: The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men." But they did not understand what this meant. It was hidden from them, so that they did not grasp it, and they were afraid to ask him about it.
At Tabernacles in Jerusalem	Jn 10_14-18 "I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me - Just as the Father knows me and I know the Father - and I lay down my life for the sheep. I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd. The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life - only to take it up again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father."
On the way up to Jerusalem	Lu 18_31-34 Math 20_17-19 Mk 10_32-34 Jesus took the Twelve aside and told them, "We are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written by the prophets about the Son of Man will be fulfilled. He will be handed over to the Gentiles. They will mock him, insult him, spit on him, flog him and kill him. On the third day he will rise again." The disciples did not understand any of this. Its meaning was hidden from them, and they did not know what he was talking about.
Also on the way up to Jerusalem	Math 20₂₈ Mk 10₄₅ For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
While Jesus taught in Jerusalem	Math 21_33-42 Mk 12_1-11 Lu 20_9-18 Listen to another parable: "There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and went away on a journey. When the harvest time approached, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his fruit. The tenants seized his servants; they beat one, killed another, and stoned a third. Then he sent other servants to them, more than the first time, and the tenants treated them the same way. Last of all, he sent his son to them. 'They will respect my son,' he said. But when the tenants saw the son, they said to each other, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him and take his inheritance.' So they took him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants? 'He will bring those wretches to a wretched end,' they replied, 'and he will rent the vineyard to other tenants, who will give him his share of the crop at harvest time.'" Jesus said to them, "Have you never read in the Scriptures: 'The stone the builders rejected has become the capstone; the Lord has done this, and it is marvellous in our eyes'?"
End-time teaching in Jerusalem	Lu 17_24,25 For (the coming of) the Son of Man in his day will be like the lightning ... but first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.
While in Jerusalem	Math 26₂ "As you know, the Passover is two days away - and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified."
During further teaching in Jerusalem	Jn 12_23,24 Jesus replied, "The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.
At last Passover	Lu 22_15,16 And he said to them, "I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it finds fulfilment in the kingdom of God."
At last Passover	Lu 22_36,37 He said to them ... "It is written: 'And he was numbered with the transgressors'; and I tell you that this must be fulfilled in me. Yes, what is written about me is reaching its fulfilment." [The apostles would have known that Is 53 also says, 'He was despised and rejected ... we considered him stricken by God, smitten by him and afflicted ... the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all ... he was led like a (Passover) lamb to the slaughter.']
Two angels also tell women on resurrection morning	Lu 24_6-8 "Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: 'The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, be crucified and the third day be raised again.'" Then they remembered his words.