Matthew 20:18

¹⁶ So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”

¹⁷ As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, He took the twelve disciples aside and said,

“Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and scribes. They will condemn Him to death

¹⁹ and will deliver Him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified. And on the third day He will be raised to life.”

²⁰ Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Jesus with her sons and knelt down to make a request of Him.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: “Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and scribes. They will condemn Him to death
KJV: 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,
WEB: “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death,
ASV: Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests and scribes; and they shall condemn him to death,
DARBY: Behold we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man will be delivered up to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death;
BLB: “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn Him to death.

ÅB: «Vi er på vei opp til Jerusalem, og Menneskesønnen skal bli overgitt til yppersteprestene og de skriftlærde, og de skal dømme ham til døden
OTB: "Vi går opp til Jerusalem, og Menneskesønnen skal overgis til yppersteprestene og de skriftlærde, og de skal dømme ham til døden.
B1930: Se, vi går op til Jerusalem, og Menneskesønnen skal overgis til yppersteprestene og de skriftlærde, og de skal dømme ham til døden

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Matthew 16:21
From that time on Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and that He must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.
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Acts 2:23
He was delivered up by God’s set plan and foreknowledge, and you, by the hands of the lawless, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross.
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Matthew 27:1
When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put Him to death.
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Matthew 26:2
“You know that the Passover is two days away, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.”
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Matthew 17:22–23
When they gathered together in Galilee, Jesus told them, “The Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men.
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Matthew 26:66
What do you think?” “He deserves to die,” they answered.
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Acts 4:27–28
In fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed.
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Psalms 69:1–36
Save me, O God, for the waters are up to my neck.
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