Matthew 16:21

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

From that time began Jesus to shew to his disciples that it is necessary for him to go away to Jerusalem, and to suffer many things from the elders, and chief priests, and scribes, and to be put to death, and the third day to rise.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

¶Ἀπὸ τότε ἤρξατο ὁ Ἰησοῦς δεικνύειν τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ, ὅτι δεῖ αὐτὸν ἀπελθεῖν εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα, καὶ πολλὰ παθεῖν ἀπὸ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων καὶ ἀρχιερέων καὶ γραμματέων, καὶ ἀποκτανθῆναι, καὶ τῇ τρίτῃ ἡμέρᾳ ἐγερθῆναι.

Transliteration

From then ērxato the Iēsous deiknuein to the mathētais of him, that it dei him apelthein into Hierosolyma, and polla pathein from the presbyterōn and archiereōn and grammateōn, and be apoktanthēnai, and on the third hēmera be egerthēnai.

Grammar Details

• *ērxato*: aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular - he began
• *Iēsous*: nominative singular masculine - Jesus
• *deiknuein*: present active infinitive - to show
• *mathētais*: dative plural masculine - to disciples
• *dei*: present active indicative, 3rd person singular - it is necessary
• *apelthein*: aorist active infinitive - to go away
• *Hierosolyma*: accusative plural neuter - Jerusalem
• *polla*: accusative plural neuter - many things
• *pathein*: aorist active infinitive - to suffer
• *presbyterōn*: genitive plural masculine - of elders
• *archiereōn*: genitive plural masculine - of chief priests
• *grammateōn*: genitive plural masculine - of scribes
• *apoktanthēnai*: aorist passive infinitive - to be killed
• *hēmera*: dative singular feminine - day
• *egerthēnai*: aorist passive infinitive - to be raised

Word Meanings

• *ērxato*: began/started
• *deiknuein*: to show/demonstrate/explain
• *dei*: it is necessary/must/ought
• *apelthein*: to go away/depart
• *polla*: many things/much
• *pathein*: to suffer/endure
• *presbyterōn*: elders/older men
• *archiereōn*: chief priests/high priests
• *grammateōn*: scribes/writers/scholars
• *apoktanthēnai*: to be killed/put to death
• *egerthēnai*: to be raised/resurrected

Referenced Verses

• Matt 17:12 : 12 and I say to you -- Elijah did already come, and they did not know him, but did with him whatever they would, so also the Son of Man is about to suffer by them.'
• Matt 17:22-23 : 22 And while they are living in Galilee, Jesus said to them, `The Son of Man is about to be delivered up to the hands of men, 23 and they shall kill him, and the third day he shall rise,' and they were exceeding sorry.
• Matt 27:63 : 63 saying, `Sir, we have remembered that that deceiver said while yet living, After three days I do rise;
• Luke 24:6-7 : 6 he is not here, but was raised; remember how he spake to you, being yet in Galilee, 7 saying -- It behoveth the Son of Man to be delivered up to the hands of sinful men, and to be crucified, and the third day to rise again.'
• Matt 20:28 : 28 even as the Son of Man did not come to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.'
• Matt 20:17-19 : 17 And Jesus going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples by themselves in the way, and said to them, 18 `Lo, we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man shall be delivered to the chief priests and scribes, 19 and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the nations to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify, and the third day he will rise again.'
• Luke 17:25 : 25 and first it behoveth him to suffer many things, and to be rejected by this generation.
• 1 Cor 15:3-4 : 3 for I delivered to you first, what also I did receive, that Christ died for our sins, according to the Writings, 4 and that he was buried, and that he hath risen on the third day, according to the Writings,
• Luke 18:31-34 : 31 And having taken the twelve aside, he said unto them, `Lo, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things shall be completed -- that have been written through the prophets -- to the Son of Man, 32 for he shall be delivered up to the nations, and shall be mocked, and insulted, and spit upon, 33 and having scourged they shall put him to death, and on the third day he shall rise again.' 34 And they none of these things understood, and this saying was hid from them, and they were not knowing the things said.
• 1 Chr 24:1-9 : 1 And to the sons of Aaron `are' their courses: sons of Aaron `are' Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar, 2 and Nadab dieth, and Abihu, in the presence of their father, and they had no sons, and Eleazar and Ithamar act as priests. 3 And David distributeth them, and Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their office in their service; 4 and there are found of the sons of Eleazar more for heads of the mighty men than of the sons of Ithamar; and they distribute them: Of the sons of Eleazar, heads for a house of fathers, sixteen; and of the sons of Ithamar, for a house of their fathers, eight. 5 And they distribute them, by lots, one with another, for princes of the sanctuary, and princes of God, have been of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar. 6 And Shemaiah son of Nethaneel the scribe, of the Levites, writeth them before the king and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and heads of the fathers, for priests and for Levites: one house of a father being taken possession of for Eleazar, and one being taken possession of for Ithamar. 7 And the first lot goeth out for Jehoiarib, for Jedaiah the second, 8 for Harim the third, for Seorim the fourth, 9 for Malchijah the fifth, for Mijamin the sixth, 10 for Hakkoz the seventh, for Abijah the eighth, 11 for Jeshuah the ninth, for Shecaniah the tenth, 12 for Eliashib the eleventh, for Jakim the twelfth, 13 for Huppah the thirteenth, for Jeshebeab the fourteenth, 14 for Bilgah the fifteenth, for Immer the sixteenth, 15 for Hezir the seventeenth, for Aphses the eighteenth, 16 for Pethahiah the nineteenth, for Jehezekel the twentieth, 17 for Jachin the one and twentieth, for Gamul the two and twentieth, 18 for Delaiah the three and twentieth, for Maaziah the four and twentieth. 19 These `are' their appointments for their service, to come in to the house of Jehovah, according to their ordinance by the hand of Aaron their father, as Jehovah God of Israel, commanded them.
• Neh 12:7 : 7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah; these `are' heads of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.
• Matt 16:28 : 28 Verily I say to you, there are certain of those standing here who shall not taste of death till they may see the Son of Man coming in his reign.'
• Matt 26:2 : 2 `Ye have known that after two days the passover cometh, and the Son of Man is delivered up to be crucified.'
• Matt 26:47 : 47 And while he is yet speaking, lo, Judas, one of the twelve did come, and with him a great multitude, with swords and sticks, from the chief priests and elders of the people.
• Matt 27:12 : 12 And in his being accused by the chief priests and the elders, he did not answer any thing,
• Luke 24:26-27 : 26 Was it not behoving the Christ these things to suffer, and to enter into his glory?' 27 and having begun from Moses, and from all the prophets, he was expounding to them in all the Writings the things about himself.
• Luke 24:46 : 46 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,
• John 2:19-21 : 19 Jesus answered and said to them, `Destroy this sanctuary, and in three days I will raise it up.' 20 The Jews, therefore, said, `Forty and six years was this sanctuary building, and wilt thou in three days raise it up?' 21 but he spake concerning the sanctuary of his body;
• Acts 2:23-32 : 23 this one, by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, being given out, having taken by lawless hands, having crucified -- ye did slay; 24 whom God did raise up, having loosed the pains of the death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it, 25 for David saith in regard to him: I foresaw the Lord always before me -- because He is on my right hand -- that I may not be moved; 26 because of this was my heart cheered, and my tongue was glad, and yet -- my flesh also shall rest on hope, 27 because Thou wilt not leave my soul to hades, nor wilt Thou give Thy Kind One to see corruption; 28 Thou didst make known to me ways of life, Thou shalt fill me with joy with Thy countenance. 29 `Men, brethren! it is permitted to speak with freedom unto you concerning the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is among us unto this day; 30 a prophet, therefore, being, and knowing that with an oath God did swear to him, out of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, to raise up the Christ, to sit upon his throne, 31 having foreseen, he did speak concerning the rising again of the Christ, that his soul was not left to hades, nor did his flesh see corruption. 32 `This Jesus did God raise up, of which we are all witnesses;
• Mark 8:31-9:1 : 31 and began to teach them, that it behoveth the Son of Man to suffer many things, and to be rejected by the elders, and chief priests, and scribes, and to be killed, and after three days to rise again; 32 and openly he was speaking the word. And Peter having taken him aside, began to rebuke him, 33 and he, having turned, and having looked on his disciples, rebuked Peter, saying, `Get behind me, Adversary, because thou dost not mind the things of God, but the things of men.' 34 And having called near the multitude, with his disciples, he said to them, `Whoever doth will to come after me -- let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow me; 35 for whoever may will to save his life shall lose it; and whoever may lose his life for my sake and for the good news' sake, he shall save it; 36 for what shall it profit a man, if he may gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? 37 Or what shall a man give as an exchange for his life? 38 for whoever may be ashamed of me, and of my words, in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man also shall be ashamed of him, when he may come in the glory of his Father, with the holy messengers.' 1 And he said to them, `Verily I say to you, That there are certain of those standing here, who may not taste of death till they see the reign of God having come in power.'
• Mark 9:31-32 : 31 for he was teaching his disciples, and he said to them, `The Son of Man is being delivered to the hands of men, and they shall kill him, and having been killed the third day he shall rise,' 32 but they were not understanding the saying, and they were afraid to question him.
• Mark 10:32-34 : 32 And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was going before them, and they were amazed, and following they were afraid. And having again taken the twelve, he began to tell them the things about to happen to him, 33 -- `Lo, we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man shall be delivered to the chief priests, and to the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the nations, 34 and they shall mock him, and scourge him, and spit on him, and kill him, and the third day he shall rise again.'
• Luke 9:22-27 : 22 saying -- `It behoveth the Son of Man to suffer many things, and to be rejected by the elders, and chief priests, and scribes, and to be killed, and the third day to be raised.' 23 And he said unto all, `If any one doth will to come after me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me; 24 for whoever may will to save his life, shall lose it, and whoever may lose his life for my sake, he shall save it; 25 for what is a man profited, having gained the whole world, and having lost or having forfeited himself? 26 `For whoever may be ashamed of me, and of my words, of this one shall the Son of Man be ashamed, when he may come in his glory, and the Father's, and the holy messengers'; 27 and I say to you, truly, there are certain of those here standing, who shall not taste of death till they may see the reign of God.'
• Luke 9:31 : 31 who having appeared in glory, spake of his outgoing that he was about to fulfil in Jerusalem,
• Luke 9:44-45 : 44 `Lay ye to your ears these words, for the Son of Man is about to be delivered up to the hands of men.' 45 And they were not knowing this saying, and it was veiled from them, that they might not perceive it, and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.