Matthew 26:54

How then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that it must be so?”

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WEBBE

How then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that it must be so?”

BSB

But how then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that say it must happen this way?”

KJV

But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?

ASV

How then should the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?

BBE

But how then would the Writings come true, which say that so it has to be?

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πῶς pōs How G4459 οὖν oun then G3767 πληρωθῶσιν plērōthōsin may be fulfilled G4137 αἱ hai the G3588 γραφαὶ graphai Scriptures G1124 ὅτι hoti that G3754 οὕτως houtōs so G3779 δεῖ dei it must be G1163 γενέσθαι;¶ genesthai being G1096

The early church

And He quiets their fears not thus only, but by reference to Scripture, How then shall the Scriptures he fulfilled that thus it must be?
John Chrysostom · d. 407Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)
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 · d. 420Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)
(Serm. 22.) The Lord of the zealous Apostle will not suffer his pious feeling to proceed further, Then saith Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place. For it was contrary to the sacrament of our redemption that He, who had come to die for all, should refuse to be apprehended. He gives therefore licence to their fury against Him, lest by putting off the triumph of His glorious Cross, the dominion of the Devil should be made longer, and the captivity of men more enduring.
Leo the Great · d. 461Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 47–56

No enemies are so much to be abhorred as those professed disciples that betray Christ with a kiss. God has no need of our services, much less of our sins, to bring about his purposes. Though Christ was crucified through weakness, it was voluntary weakness; he submitted to death. If he had not been willing to suffer, they could not conquer him. It was a great sin for those who had left all to follow Jesus; now to leave him for they knew not what. What folly, for fear of death to flee from Him, whom they knew and acknowledged to be the Fountain of life!

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