Luke 9:22

9:22 saying, “The Son of Man must suffer ¹  many things and be rejected by the elders, ²  chief priests, and experts in the law, ³  and be killed, and on the third day be raised.” ⁴ 

Luke 13:32

13:32 But ⁵  he said to them, “Go ⁶  and tell that fox, ⁷  ‘Look, I am casting out demons and performing healings today and tomorrow, and on the third day ⁸  I will complete my work. ⁹ 

Luke 23:22

23:22 A third time he said to them, “Why? What wrong has he done? I have found him guilty ¹⁰  of no crime deserving death. ¹¹  I will therefore flog ¹²  him and release him.”

Luke 24:21

24:21 But we had hoped ¹³  that he was the one who was going to redeem ¹⁴  Israel. Not only this, but it is now the third day since these things happened.

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¹ sn The necessity that the Son of Man suffer is the particular point that needed emphasis, since for many 1st century Jews the Messiah was a glorious and powerful figure, not a suffering one.

² sn Rejection in Luke is especially by the Jewish leadership (here elders, chief priests, and experts in the law), though in Luke 23 almost all will join in.

³ tn Or “and scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 5:21.

⁴ sn The description of the Son of Man being rejected…killed, and…raised is the first of six passion summaries in Luke: 9:44; 17:25; 18:31-33; 24:7; 24:46-47.

⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

⁶ tn The participle πορευθέντες (poreuqente") has been taken as indicating attendant circumstance.

⁷ sn That fox. This is not fundamentally a figure for cleverness as in modern western culture, but could indicate (1) an insignificant person (Neh 4:3; 2 Esd 13:35 LXX); (2) a deceiver (Song Rabbah 2.15.1 on 2:15); or someone destructive, a destroyer (Ezek 13:4; Lam 5:18; 1 En. 89:10, 42-49, 55). Luke’s emphasis seems to be on destructiveness, since Herod killed John the Baptist, whom Luke calls “the greatest born of women” (Luke 7:28) and later stands opposed to Jesus (Acts 4:26-28). In addition, “a person who is designated a fox is an insignificant or base person. He lacks real power and dignity, using cunning deceit to achieve his aims” (H. W. Hoehner, Herod Antipas [SNTSMS], 347).

⁸ sn The third day is a figurative reference to being further on in time, not a reference to three days from now. Jesus is not even in Jerusalem yet, and the events of the last days in Jerusalem take a good week.

⁹ tn Or “I reach my goal.” The verb τελειόω (teleiow) is a key NT term for the completion of God’s plan: See Luke 12:50; 22:37; John 19:30; and (where it has the additional component of meaning “to perfect”) Heb 2:10; 5:8-9; 7:28.

¹⁰ tn Grk “no cause of death I found in him.”

¹¹ sn The refrain of innocence comes once again. Pilate tried to bring some sense of justice, believing Jesus had committed no crime deserving death.

¹² tn Or “scourge” (BDAG 749 s.v. παιδεύω 2.b.γ). See the note on “flogged” in v. 16.

¹³ tn The imperfect verb looks back to the view that they held during Jesus’ past ministry.

¹⁴ sn Their messianic hope concerning Jesus is expressed by the phrase who was going to redeem Israel.