Discovery BoxMatthew 16:21 
ContextFirst Prediction of Jesus’ Death and Resurrection
16:21 From that time on 1 Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem 2 and suffer 3 many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and experts in the law, 4 and be killed, and on the third day be raised.
Matthew 27:64
Context27:64 So give orders to secure the tomb until the third day. Otherwise his disciples may come and steal his body 5 and say to the people, ‘He has been raised from the dead,’ and the last deception will be worse than the first.”
1 tn Grk “From then.”
2 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
3 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.
4 tn Or “and scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.
5 tn Grk “him.”
