Then he began to teach them that it was necessary for the Son of Man to suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, be killed, and rise after three days.
‘This Moses, whom they rejected when they said, Who appointed you a ruler and a judge? #– #this one God sent as a ruler and a deliverer through the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
Jesus said to them, ‘Have you never read in the Scriptures: The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is what the Lord has done and it is wonderful in our eyes? ,
For as Jonah was in the belly of the huge fish , for three days and three nights, so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.
He told them, ‘These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you #– #that everything written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms must be fulfilled.’
He was despised and rejected by men, a man of suffering who knew what sickness was. He was like someone people turned away from; he was despised, and we didn’t value him.
But today you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your troubles and afflictions. You said to him, “You must set a king over us.” Now therefore present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes and clans.’