King James Version
What Does Luke 22:37 Mean?
“For I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the transgressors: for the things concerning me have an end.”
Context
35
And he said unto them, When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye any thing? And they said, Nothing.
36
Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.
37
For I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the transgressors: for the things concerning me have an end.
38
And they said, Lord, behold, here are two swords. And he said unto them, It is enough.
39
And he came out, and went, as he was wont, to the mount of Olives; and his disciples also followed him.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(37) **And he was reckoned among the transgressors.**—Literally, *the lawless ones,* or, *breakers of the law.* The distinct reference to the words of Isaiah 53:12 is remarkable as showing that the picture of the righteous sufferer in that chapter had all along been present, if we may so speak, to our Lord’s thoughts as that which He Himself had to realise. It was, as it were, a hint given to the disciples before the Passion, that they might learn, when it came, that it was part of the divine purpose that the Christ should so suffer; not singled out for the honour of a martyr’s death, but hurried as a malefactor, with other malefactors, to the death of the rebel or the robber.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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