Matthew 26:54

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“how then may the Writings be fulfilled, that thus it behoveth to happen?'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Matthew 26:54 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 22:1My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning?
  2. Psalms 69:1Save me, O God, for the waters are up to my neck.
  3. Isaiah 53:1Who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?
  4. Daniel 9:24Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.
  5. 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.
  6. Matthew 26:24The 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.”
  7. Luke 24:25Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish ones, how slow are your hearts to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
  8. Luke 24:44Jesus 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.”
  9. John 10:35If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and the Scripture cannot be broken—
  10. 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.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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