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Mat 16:21 — From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

began		Mat 17:22,23; Mat 20:17-19,28; Mat 26:2; Mar 8:31; Mar 9:31,32; Mar 10:32-34; Luk 9:22,31,44,45; Luk 18:31-34; Luk 24:6,7,26,27,46; 1Cr 15:3,4
chief priests		Mat 26:47; Mat 27:12; 1Ch 24:1-19; Neh 12:7
and be		Mat 27:63; Jhn 2:19-21; Act 2:23-32

Correlating Passages

began

	Mat 17:22	And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men:
	Mat 17:23	And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. And they were exceeding sorry.
	Mat 20:17	And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them,
	Mat 20:18	Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death,
	Mat 20:19	And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify [him]: and the third day he shall rise again.
	Mat 20:28	Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
	Mat 26:2	Ye know that after two days is [the feast of] the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.
	Mar 8:31	And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and [of] the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
	Mar 9:31	For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day.
	Mar 9:32	But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him.
	Mar 10:32	And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus went before them: and they were amazed; and as they followed, they were afraid. And he took again the twelve, and began to tell them what things should happen unto him,
	Mar 10:33	[Saying], Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests, and unto the scribes; and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the Gentiles:
	Mar 10:34	And they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him: and the third day he shall rise again.
	Luk 9:22	Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day.
	Luk 9:31	Who appeared in glory, and spake of his decease which he should accomplish at Jerusalem.
	Luk 9:44	Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men.
	Luk 9:45	But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them, that they perceived it not: and they feared to ask him of that saying.
	Luk 18:31	Then he took [unto him] the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished.
	Luk 18:32	For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on:
	Luk 18:33	And they shall scourge [him], and put him to death: and the third day he shall rise again.
	Luk 18:34	And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken.
	Luk 24:6	He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee,
	Luk 24:7	Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.
	Luk 24:26	Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?
	Luk 24:27	And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
	Luk 24:46	And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:
	1Cr 15:3	For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
	1Cr 15:4	And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

chief priests

	Mat 26:47	And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people.
	Mat 27:12	And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.
	1Ch 24:1	Now [these are] the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
	1Ch 24:2	But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's office.
	1Ch 24:3	And David distributed them, both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their offices in their service.
	1Ch 24:4	And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar; and [thus] were they divided. Among the sons of Eleazar [there were] sixteen chief men of the house of [their] fathers, and eight among the sons of Ithamar according to the house of their fathers.
	1Ch 24:5	Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for the governors of the sanctuary, and governors [of the house] of God, were of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.
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	Neh 12:7	Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These [were] the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.

and be

	Mat 27:63	Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.
	Jhn 2:19	Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
	Jhn 2:20	Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?
	Jhn 2:21	But he spake of the temple of his body.
	Act 2:23	Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
	Act 2:24	Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
	Act 2:25	For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:
	Act 2:26	Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:
	Act 2:27	Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
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Scott, Thomas. "Matthew 16:21," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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