MARK 14:27 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered.”
You will all fall away, Jesus told them, for it is written: I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered — the prediction of the disciples' falling away is drawn from Zechariah 13:7 (strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered). All — not one will stand firm. The Zechariah citation interprets Jesus' death as the striking of the shepherd that disperses the flock — the disciples' abandonment of Jesus is not a failure of their particular characters but the fulfillment of the prophetic pattern.
Church Fathers on Mark 14:27
As they returned thanks, before they drank, so they return thanks after drinking; wherefore it is said, 'And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives,' to teach us to return thanks both before and after our food.
For by a hymn he means the praise of the Lord, as is said in the Psalms [Ps 22, 26, 29], 'The poor shall eat and be satisfied; they that seek after the Lord shall praise Him.' And again, 'All such as be fat upon earth have eaten and worshipped.'
That hymn in the Gospel of John may also be meant, which the Lord sang, returning thanks to the Father, in which also He prayed, raising His eyes to Heaven, for Himself and His disciples, and those who were to believe, through their word.
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