Luke 13:32
And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.
Cross-references
Luke 3:19 records John rebuking Herod for his sins — just as Jesus later calls Herod 'that fox'. Both confront the same ruler.
Luke 3:20 shows Herod imprisoning John — the same ruler now threatens Jesus. Jesus' defiance contrasts with John's fate.
Luke 9:7 shows Herod perplexed by Jesus' works, foreshadowing his later threat. Jesus' 'fox' response addresses that hostility.
Luke 23:8-11 shows Herod interrogating and mocking Jesus — fulfilling his 'fox' characterization as cunning and hostile.
In Luke 9:31, Moses and Elijah discuss Jesus' 'departure' at Jerusalem—the same goal Jesus refers to here as His completion.
In Luke 23:9, Herod questions Jesus, but He remains silent—the same 'fox' whom Jesus now defies with a bold timeline.
Hebrews 5:9 says Jesus, once made perfect, became the source of eternal salvation — linking his perfection to his saving work.
Hebrews 2:10 explains that Jesus was made perfect (teleioō) through suffering — the same perfection Jesus refers to on the third day.
John 19:30 records Jesus declaring 'It is finished' — the exact moment he reaches the goal predicted in Luke 13:32.
John 17:4 speaks of completing the work given — parallel to reaching his goal on the third day in Luke 13:32.
Mark 6:26-28 shows Herod's cruelty in beheading John — illustrating the fox-like wickedness Jesus attributes to him.
John 7:30 says His 'hour had not yet come'—here Jesus declares His own appointed schedule, reinforcing divine timing.
John 13:1 notes Jesus knew His hour to depart had come—parallel to His stated timeline of finishing work on the third day.
John 9:4 urges working while it is day; Jesus here likewise sets a limited timeframe for His mission before the 'night' of death.
Matthew 14:1 identifies Herod the tetrarch as the very ruler Jesus calls a fox in Luke 13:32.
2 Kings 6:32 shows Elisha calling a king a murderer — a parallel prophetic insult to Jesus calling Herod a fox.
Genesis 22:4 describes Abraham seeing the place on the third day — a typological foreshadowing of Jesus' third-day goal.