But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?
How then should the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?
how then may the Writings be fulfilled, that thus it behoveth to happen?'
How then should the scriptures be fulfilled that thus it must be?
Matthew — The Gospel of the promised King. Five discourses punctuate the narrative; roughly sixty-five Old Testament citations bind the story to the prophets.
Voices4
(Verse 53, 54.) Do you think that I cannot appeal to my Father, and he will at once send me more than twelve legions of angels? But how then would the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must happen this way? I do not need the help of twelve apostles, even if they all defended me. I could have twelve legions of angelic armies. In ancient times, one legion consisted of six thousand men. In order to keep this brief, I will not go into the exact number for now.
Jerome· Commentary on Matthew, 420patristic
This speech shows a mind willing to suffer; vainly would the Prophets have prophesied truly, unless the Lord asserts their truth by His suffering.
Jerome· Catena Aurea by Aquinas, 420patristic
But how then shall the Scriptures be fulfilled,....
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)reformed
But how then - Had I such a defense - shall the Scriptures be fulfilled, which say, that thus it must be? That is, that I am to suffer and die for the sin of the world. Probably the Scriptures to which our Lord principally refers are Psalm 22, 69, and especially Isa 53:1-12, and Dan 9:24-27. Christ shows that they had no power against him but what he permitted; and that he willingly gave up himself into their hands.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832evangelical
The verses this one reaches12
Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd,against the man who is My Companion,declares the LORD of Hosts.Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered,and I will turn My hand against the little ones.
The Son of Man will go just as it is written about Him, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed. It would be better for him if he had not been born.”
Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish ones, how slow are your hearts to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
“Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled which the Holy Spirit foretold through the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide for those who arrested Jesus.
Jesus said to them, “These are the words I spoke to you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms.”
But this has all happened so that the writings of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples deserted Him and fled.
If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and the Scripture cannot be broken—
Who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?
My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning?
Save me, O God, for the waters are up to my neck.
9 more linked verses are grouped by book below ↓
Every other verse the study tradition links to this one, in the Bible’s own order. The first links in each book carry a line of their text; every reference opens its full verse page.
Matthew3
Mark2
Cross-references are drawn from classic Bible study tools and open, shareable Bible data.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
Acts 1:16“Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled which the Holy Spirit foretold through the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide for those who arrested Jesus.
leads to
Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
I am not speaking about all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the Scripture: ‘The one who shares My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.’
For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide.
“For it is written in the book of Psalms: ‘May his place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in it,’ and, ‘May another take his position.’
Through
Zechariah 13:7Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd,against the man who is My Companion,declares the LORD of Hosts.Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered,and I will turn My hand against the little ones.
leads to
Then Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away, for it is written: ‘I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’
Then Jesus said to them, “This very night you will all fall away on account of Me. For it is written: ‘I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be…
“Look, an hour is coming and has already come when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and you will leave Me all alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father…
He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.
The whole web at once: see the Arc.
