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Luke 24:26

What does Luke 24:26 mean?

A plain-English look at Luke 24:26 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

What Luke 24:26 means

Jesus declares that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and then enter into His glory. Suffering and glory are not rivals but a divinely ordered sequence. The cross is the gateway to the crown. This line reframes everything they lamented: the betrayal, condemnation, and crucifixion were not derailments but the appointed path to redemption. Glory is not the absence of pain but the outcome of obedient suffering. With this, Jesus places the Messiah’s story into the mold of Scripture’s promises and patterns—Passover, sacrifice, deliverance—so that the third-day rising appears not as surprise but as plan fulfilled.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Behooved it not the Christ to suffer these things, and to enter into his glory?

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Behooved it not the Christ to suffer these things, and to enter into his glory?

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Was it not necessary for the Christ to go through these things, and to come into his glory?

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Was it not behoving the Christ these things to suffer, and to enter into his glory?'

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

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

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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

Context

This verse follows Jesus’ rebuke (v. 25) and states the thesis His exposition will prove: suffering first, then glory. It anticipates the detailed biblical survey in verse 27. The Emmaus narrative thus swings from human disappointment to divine necessity. Later in the chapter, Jesus will repeat the same logic to the eleven (vv. 46–47). The flow is intentional: establish the theological necessity, then unfold it from Scripture, then confirm it by personal recognition. The travelers are being prepared to reinterpret the past three days in the light of God’s eternal counsel.

v.25And he said unto them, O foolish men, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!

v.26This passage

v.27And beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, he interpreted to them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Hebrews 9:22

    And according to the law, I may almost say, all things are cleansed with blood, and apart from shedding of blood there is no remission.

  • Psalms 69:1

    Save me, O God; For the waters are come in unto my soul.

  • Isaiah 53:1

    Who hath believed our message? and to whom hath the arm of Jehovah been revealed?

  • Zechariah 13:7

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

  • Hebrews 12:2

    looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising shame, and hath sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

  • 1 Peter 1:11

    searching what time or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did point unto, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glories that should follow them.

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