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Luke 13:33

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13:33Nevertheless I must116 go on my way today and tomorrow and the next day, because it is impossible117 that a prophet should be killed118 outside Jerusalem.’119

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Footnotes

  1. 116 This is the frequent expression δεῖ (dei, “it is necessary”) that notes something that is a part of God’s plan.
  2. 117 Or “unthinkable.” See L&N 71.4 for both possible meanings.
  3. 118 Or “should perish away from.”
  4. 119 Death in Jerusalem is another key theme in Luke’s material: 7:16, 34; 24:19; Acts 3:22–23. Notice that Jesus sees himself in the role of a prophet here. Jesus’ statement, it is impossible that a prophet should be killed outside Jerusalem, is filled with irony; Jesus, traveling about in Galilee (most likely), has nothing to fear from Herod; it is his own people living in the very center of Jewish religion and worship who present the greatest danger to his life. The underlying idea is that Jerusalem, though she stands at the very heart of the worship of God, often kills the prophets God sends to her (v. 34). In the end, Herod will be much less a threat than Jerusalem. For location see ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; .

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Nevertheless, I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the day following, for it cannot be that a prophet should perish away from Jerusalem.’

NIVNew International Version (2011)

In any case, I must press on today and tomorrow and the next day—for surely no prophet can die outside Jerusalem!

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Yet it is necessary that I travel today, tomorrow, and the next day, because it is not possible for a prophet to perish outside of Jerusalem.

NLTNew Living Translation

Yes, today, tomorrow, and the next day I must proceed on my way. For it wouldn’t do for a prophet of God to be killed except in Jerusalem!

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Nevertheless, it is necessary for me to be on the way today and tomorrow and on the next day, because it is not possible for a prophet to perish outside Jerusalem.

KJV 1900King James Version

Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.