21 And he warned and commanded them, that they should tell that to no man,

22 [a]Saying, (A)The Son of man must suffer many things, and be reproved of the Elders, and of the high Priests and Scribes, and be slain, and the third day rise again.

23 (B)And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross [b]daily, and follow me.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 9:22 Christ himself attained to the heavenly glory by the cross and invincible patience.
  2. Luke 9:23 Even as one day followeth another, so doth one cross follow another, and the cross is by the figure Metonymy, taken for the miseries of this life: for to be hanged, was the sorest and cruelest punishment that was amongst the Jews.

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