<p>24:6<i> He is not here, but is risen Remember in what way he spoke to you when he was still in Galilee</i>-After He rose, the Angels pointed out this sense to His men: &ldquo;...remember <i>how</i> the Greek sense is: &lsquo;with what urgency&rsquo; he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee, Saying, The Son of man <i>must</i> be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again&quot; (Luke 24:6,7 AV). Like us, they heard and saw the compulsion, that Messianic <i>must</i>, but didn&rsquo;t really appreciate it. The Lord was no fatalist, simply reflecting that what was to be &lsquo;must&rsquo; be. Rather He meant that it &lsquo;must&rsquo; be and therefore He strove to fulfil it. There was no fatalistic compulsion about the cross- for He need not have gone through with it. But He &lsquo;must&rsquo; do so for the sake of that indescribable compulsion to save us, to glorify Yahweh&rsquo;s Name, which He felt within Him. He reminded the two on the way to Emmaus: &ldquo;<i>Ought </i>s.w. &lsquo;must&rsquo; <i>not </i>Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?&quot; (Luke 24:26). And consider Heb. 2:17: &ldquo;Wherefore in all things it <i>behoved him </i>to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people&quot;. It was in His death that the Lord&rsquo;s blood acted as a reconciliation for the sins of the people- an evident reference to the ritual of the day of atonement, which the same writer shows spoke so eloquently of the cross. And yet he was &ldquo;behoved&quot; to do this, it was an obligation He felt intrinsic within His very being. The same word occurs later: &ldquo;And by reason hereof he <i>ought</i>, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins. And no man takes this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron. So also Christ...&quot; (Heb. 5:3-5). See on Mk. 14:49.</p>