26. οὐχὶ … ἔδει παθεῖν τὸν Χριστόν; ‘Behoved it not the Messiah to suffer?’ It was a divine necessity, Mat 26:54; Joh 12:24; Joh 12:32; Joh 11:49-52; Act 17:3; 1Pe 1:10-11. Thus St Luke mainly dwells on the Resurrection as a spiritual necessity; St Mark as a great fact; St Matthew as a glorious and majestic manifestation; and St John in its effects on the minds of the members of the Church. (Westcott.)