Matthew 26:54. How then, if I should invoke this aid, which I might do, should the Scriptures be fulfilled? Our Lord shows His patience and submission; even while asserting His majesty.

That thus it must be. According to the counsel of God, for the salvation of a sinful world, as declared in the Scriptures, the Messiah ‘must ‘suffer: that suffering must be ‘thus ‘brought about. Our Lord's death could not be incidental or accidental. He ‘must ‘suffer (comp. Matthew 26:56; Luke 24:26). This declaration also contained consolation for His terrified disciples.

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