Luke 22:37

“For I tell you that this that is written must be accomplished in me: ‘And he was counted with the lawless.’ For indeed what is written about me has its fulfillment.””

Luke 22:37 · direct translation from the Greek
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Quotation · Isaiah 53:12

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Jesus applies to himself a sentence from Isaiah 53:12, on the eve of his death: “he was counted with the lawless.”

Formula: τοῦτο τὸ γεγραμμένον δεῖ τελεσθῆναι ἐν ἐμοί “this that is written must be accomplished in me” (Luke 22:37)

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Greek of the New Testament: λέγω γὰρ ὑμῖν ὅτι τοῦτο τὸ γεγραμμένον δεῖ τελεσθῆναι ἐν ἐμοί τό Καὶ μετὰ ἀνόμων ἐλογίσθη καὶ γὰρ τὸ περὶ ἐμοῦ τέλος ἔχει

Hebrew (Masoretic text): לָכֵן אֲחַלֶּק לוֹ בָרַבִּים וְאֶת עֲצוּמִים יְחַלֵּק שָׁלָל תַּחַת אֲשֶׁר הֶעֱרָה לַמָּוֶת נַפְשׁוֹ וְאֶת פֹּשְׁעִים נִמְנָה וְהוּא חֵטְא רַבִּים נָשָׂא וְלַפֹּשְׁעִים יַפְגִּיעַ

Septuagint (Isaiah 53:12 in the Septuagint numbering): διὰ τοῦτο αὐτὸς κληρονομήσει πολλούς, καὶ τῶν ἰσχυρῶν μεριεῖ σκῦλα· ἀνθ’ ὧν παρεδόθη εἷς θάνατον ἡ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἀνόμοις ἐλογίσθη, καὶ αὐτὸς ἁμαρτίας πολλῶν ἀνήνεγκεν, καὶ διὰ τὰς ἁμαρτίας αὐτῶν παρεδόθη.

In the Septuagint verse that most resembles it, at most 2 consecutive words match the Greek of the NT. The transcription has reading errors, so a match may not show.

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Luke 22:37, word by word

I tellλέγωlegō

say

To express something in words to others.

Where else “legō” appears
that is writtenγεγραμμένονgegrammenon

it is written

So the Bible says; a passage is quoted.

Where else “gegrammenon” appears
mustδεῖdei

must

Something that has to be done.

Where else “dei” appears
be accomplishedτελεσθῆναιtelesthēnai

carry out

To complete what was said or commanded.

Where else “telesthēnai” appears
he was countedἐλογίσθηelogisthē

reckon

To put something to someone's account: "it was reckoned as righteousness".

Where else “elogisthē” appears
the lawless.’ἀνόμωνanomōn

lawless

Who respects no rule; wicked.

Where else “anomōn” appears
hasἔχειechei

have

To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.

Where else “echei” appears
its fulfillmentτέλοςtelos

goal

The aim, where something leads.

Where else “telos” appears

Translation note

Quotation of Isaiah 53:12.

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Quotation · Isaiah 53:12

Jesus applies to himself a sentence from Isaiah 53:12, on the eve of his death: “he was counted with the lawless.”

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Luke 22:37

37For I tell you that this that is written must be accomplished in me: ‘And he was counted with the lawless.’ For indeed what is written about me has its fulfillment.”

Isaiah 53:12

12Therefore I will give him a portion with the many, and with the strong he will divide the spoil, because he poured out to death his soul, and with the transgressors he was counted; and he carried the sin of many, and for the transgressors he intercedes.

The context

36And he said to them, “But now let the one who has a moneybag take it, and likewise also a bag; and let the one who does not have one sell his cloak and buy a sword.

37 · This verse (above)

38And they said, “Lord, look, here are two swords.” And he said to them, “It is enough.”

Read all of Luke 22

To study Luke 22 in a group

  1. 1. What it says

    At the Passover meal, what does Jesus do and say with the bread and with the cup? (vv. 14-20)

  2. 2. What it means

    The disciples argue about who is greatest, and Jesus says he is among them “as one who serves.” What does he ask of them? (vv. 24-27)

  3. 3. How I live it

    Peter said he was ready for anything, and then denied Jesus three times (vv. 33-34, 54-62). What can you learn from Peter?

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