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Matthew 17:23 KJV
Matthew · chapter 17 · verse 23
And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. And they were exceeding sorry.Matthew 17:23 · King James Version
Matthew 17:23 in context
21Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.
22And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men:
23And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. And they were exceeding sorry.
24And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute money came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay tribute?
25He saith, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? of their own children, or of strangers?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- exceedingsphodraexceedingly, greatlyG4970 →
- thirdtritosthe thirdG5154 →
- killapokteinōto kill in any way whatever, to destroy, to allow to perish, metaph. to extinguish…G615 →
- dayhēmerathe day, used of the natural day, or the interval between sunrise and sunset, as…G2250 →
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Christ here foretels his own sufferings; he began to do it before (Mat 16:21); and, finding that it was to his disciples a hard saying, he saw it necessary to repeat it. There are some things which God speaketh once, yea twice, and yet man perceiveth it not. Observe here, 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 22-23