Luke 13:33

Syriac Peshitta (NT Only)

ܒ݁ܪܰܡ ܘܳܠܶܐ ܠܺܝ ܕ݁ܝܰܘܡܳܢܳܐ ܘܰܡܚܳܪ ܐܶܣܥܽܘܪ ܘܰܠܝܰܘܡܳܐ ܐ݈ܚܪܺܢܳܐ ܐܺܙܰܠ ܡܶܛܽܠ ܕ݁ܠܳܐ ܡܶܫܟ݁ܚܳܐ ܕ݁ܰܢܒ݂ܺܝܳܐ ܢܺܐܒ݂ܰܕ݂ ܠܒ݂ܰܪ ܡܶܢ ܐܽܘܪܺܫܠܶܡ ܀

Bible Verse Review
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I must: John 4:34, John 9:4, John 11:54, John 12:35, Acts 10:38

for: Luke 9:53, Matthew 20:18, Acts 13:27

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 2:30 - your own sword Jeremiah 11:21 - thou Jeremiah 32:31 - this city Ezekiel 20:4 - cause Matthew 21:35 - General Mark 12:3 - they John 7:30 - but John 13:1 - knew Acts 3:22 - A prophet Acts 7:52 - Which of 1 Thessalonians 2:15 - killed Revelation 11:8 - our Lord

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Nevertheless, I must walk,.... The Syriac version reads, "I must work", and so the Arabic: as going about doing good, casting out devils, and healing diseases:

today and tomorrow, and the day following: a few days more in Galilee, and towards Jerusalem: all the Oriental versions read, "the day following I shall depart"; either out of this world; or out of Galilee, and go to Jerusalem, and there suffer and die:

for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem; because the great sanhedrim only sat at Jerusalem, to whom it belonged to try and judge a prophet; and if found false, to condemn him, and put him to death; the rule is this e;

"they do not judge, neither a tribe, nor a false prophet, nor an high priest, but by the sanhedrim of seventy and one.''

Not but that prophets sometimes perished elsewhere, as John the Baptist in Galilee; but not according to a judicial process, in which way Christ the prophet was to be cut off, nor was it common; instances of this kind were rare, and always in a violent way; and even such as were sentenced to death by the lesser sanhedrim, were brought to Jerusalem, and publicly executed there, whose crimes were of another sort; for so runs the canon f;

"they do not put any one to death by the sanhedrim, which is in his city, nor by the sanhedrim in Jabneh; but they bring him to the great, sanhedrim in Jerusalem, and keep him till the feast, and put him to death on a feast day, as it is said Deuteronomy 17:13 "and all the people shall hear and fear."''

And since Jerusalem was the place where the prophets were usually put to death, it follows,

e Misn. Sanhedrin, c. 1. sect. 5. & T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 18. 2. f Misn. Sanhedrin, c. 10. sect. 4.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I must walk ... - I must remain here this short time. These three days I must do cures here, and then I shall depart, though not for fear of Herod. It will be because my time will have come, and I shall go up to Jerusalem to die.

For it cannot be that a prophet should perish out of Jerusalem - I have no fear that Herod will put me to death in Galilee. I shall not depart on that account. “Jerusalem” is the place where the prophets die, and where “I” am to die. I am not at all alarmed, therefore, at any threats of “Herod,” for my life is safe until I arrive at Jerusalem. Go and tell him, therefore, that I fear him not. I shall work here as long as it is proper, and shall then go up to Jerusalem to die. The reason why he said that a prophet could not perish elsewhere than in Jerusalem might be:

1. That he knew that he would be tried on a charge of blasphemy, and no other court could have cognizance of that crime but the great council or Sanhedrin, and so he was not afraid of any threats of Herod.,
2. It “had been” the fact that the prophets had been chiefly slain there. The meaning is, “It cannot easily be done elsewhere; it is not usually done. Prophets have generally perished there, and there I am to die. I am safe, therefore, from the fear of Herod, and shall not take the advice given and leave his territory.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Luke 13:33. I must walk, c.] I must continue to work miracles and teach for a short time yet, and then I shall die in Jerusalem: therefore I cannot depart, according to the advice given me, (Luke 13:31,) nor can a hair of my head fall to the ground till my work be all done.

To-day and to-morrow, c.] Kypke contends that the proper translation of the original is, I must walk to-day and to-morrow IN THE NEIGHBOURING COASTS: and that εχομενη is often understood in this way: see Mark 1:38, and his notes there. That Christ was now in the jurisdiction of Herod, as he supposes, is evident from Luke 13:31 that he was on his last journey to Jerusalem, Luke 9:51 that he had just passed through Samaria, Luke 9:52; Luke 9:56; that as Samaria and Judea were under the Roman procurator, and Perea was subject to Herod Antipas, therefore he concludes that Christ was at this time in Perea; which agrees with Matthew 19:1, and Mark 10:1, and Luke 17:11. He thinks, if the words be not understood in this way, they are contrary to Luke 13:32, which says that on it Christ is to die, while this says he is to live and act.

Perish out of Jerusalem. — A man who professes to be a prophet can be tried on that ground only by the grand Sanhedrin, which always resides at Jerusalem; and as the Jews are about to put me to death, under the pretence of my being a false prophet, therefore my sentence must come from this city, and my death take place in it.