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Matthew 20:18-19
Jesus · ~30 AD · Status: Fulfilled · Confidence: 65%
“Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death, And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.”
King James Version · the opening — all 2 verses are below
The third prediction adds granular detail on the road up to Jerusalem: betrayed to the chief priests; condemned; delivered to the Gentiles; mocked, scourged, crucified; raised the third day. Six specific stages, every one fulfilled within weeks — including the transfer to Rome, which Jewish condemnation alone would not have entailed.
Read the whole passage — all 2 verses (KJV)
20:18Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death,
20:19And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.
Fulfillment References
Matthew 27:1-2 Matthew 27:26-31 Matthew 28:5-7
How Traditions Read This Prophecy
Apostolic (Oneness) PentecostalHe knew the instrument ('crucify' — named here for the first time), the jurisdiction (Gentiles), and the deadline (third day). No victim speaks like this; only a Lamb who is also the Lion.
Jewish(Internal to the Gospel narrative; the two-jurisdiction detail matches Judea's actual legal situation under Rome, where capital execution required the prefect.)
CatholicEach station of the prediction becomes a station of the Passion — the Church's meditative tradition is built on this correspondence.
ProtestantThe Roman-transfer detail is evidentially weighty: a fabricated post-event 'prediction' would not need it, but first-century legal reality did (Jn. 18:31).
AcademicThe escalating specificity across the three predictions is either editorial development (critical view) or genuine progressive disclosure (traditional view); the crucifixion detail appears only in this third prediction.
Scholarship & Sources
On capital jurisdiction (Jn. 18:31) see Sherwin-White, Roman Society and Roman Law in the New Testament; prediction analysis in France (NICNT).
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