MARK 14:27 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 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.
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