Question re: "...he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me."
This is Luke 9: 23. I am curious about this quotation. When Jesus predicts his death in other passages (such as prior verse in Luke 9), he doesn't say anything about a cross or crucifixion (or does he and I just have a bad memory?), He usually just says that he will "be killed," doesn't he?
That makes me wonder about this saying about "taking up his cross." Did Jesus bring this up strictly in reference to what he would face? Or was this a more common expression among that particular people living under Roman rule at that time?
Posted Jul 1, 2023, 10:33 PM UTC
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Mt. 16:24
https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/12699/how-was-let-him-take-up-his-cross-understood-by-jesuss-audience
Thank you! I guess someone else had the exact same question haha.
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