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.”
King James Version
Immediately after Peter's confession, a program change: 'From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer… and be killed, and be raised again the third day.' Location, actors (elders, chief priests, scribes), outcome, and timetable — announced months in advance.
Fulfillment References
Matthew 26-28 Luke 24:6-8 1 Corinthians 15:3-4
How Traditions Read This Prophecy
Apostolic (Oneness) Pentecostal'Must' — dei, divine necessity: the cross was not an ambush but an appointment, published to the disciples before Gethsemane so that afterward they would know Who had been in charge all along (Jn. 13:19).
JewishA suffering-then-raised Messiah contradicted contemporary expectation — which is precisely why Peter rebukes it; the prediction cuts against every messianic script of its day.
CatholicThe first solemn passion prediction; the Church reads the 'must' as the Father's salvific will freely embraced.
ProtestantBy the criterion of embarrassment (Peter satanically rebuked, disciples uncomprehending), the prediction tradition is bedrock — and it makes the resurrection a claim staked in advance.
AcademicThe threefold passion-prediction structure (Mk. 8:31; 9:31; 10:33-34 and parallels) is the Synoptics' architectural spine; 'on the third day / after three days' preserves two independent idiom streams.
Scholarship & Sources
The prediction triad's structural role is treated in France (Mark, NIGTC); 1 Cor. 15:3-4 ('according to the scriptures') is the earliest creedal echo.
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