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Luke 24:46

What does Luke 24:46 mean?

A plain-English look at Luke 24:46 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

What Luke 24:46 means

Jesus summarizes the written message: the Christ should suffer and rise from the dead the third day. This is the heartbeat of the gospel and the thread uniting Scripture’s story. The timing underscores God’s precision. What had scandalized and confused now stands as ordained necessity. The Messiah’s path is cross and then empty tomb. By stating it as “written,” Jesus affirms that readers can find this pattern embedded throughout the Law, Prophets, and Psalms. The disciples’ proclamation will rest on this divine script: a crucified and risen Christ, the fulfillment of promises and the foundation of salvation.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

and he said unto them, Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer, and rise again from the dead the third day;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

and he said unto them, Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer, and rise again from the dead the third day;

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And he said to them, So it is in the Writings that the Christ would undergo death, and come back to life again on the third day;

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and he said to them--`Thus it hath been written, and thus it was behoving the Christ to suffer, and to rise out of the dead the third day,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

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

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

and said to them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved the Christ to suffer, and to rise from among the dead the third day;

Context

With minds opened (v. 45), Jesus articulates the core content of Scripture’s testimony in verse 46. He will immediately add the mission implications in verse 47—repentance and remission of sins preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. Verse 48 will identify the disciples as witnesses, and verse 49 will supply the promise of power. The flow moves from what is written to what must be told, from event to proclamation, establishing the church’s message for all time.

v.45Then opened he their mind, that they might understand the scriptures;

v.46This passage

v.47and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name unto all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

Cross references

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

  • Psalms 22:1

    My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Why art thou sofar from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?

  • 1 Peter 1:3

    Blessedbethe God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy begat us again unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

  • Acts 17:3

    opening and alleging that it behooved the Christ to suffer, and to rise again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom, said he, I proclaim unto you, is the Christ.

  • Luke 24:44

    And he said unto them, These are my words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must needs be fulfilled, which are written in the law of Moses, and the prophets, and the psalms, concerning me.

  • Luke 24:7

    saying that the Son of man must be delivered up into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.

  • Isaiah 53:2

    For he grew 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 see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.

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