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MATTHEW 26:31 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
Matt 26:30Matt 26:32
“Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.”
Then Jesus said to them: you will all fall away because of me this night. For it is written, I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered. The scattering prediction: the disciples will all fall away — the same stumbling-block language as Matthew 11:6 and 13:57. The Zechariah 13:7 fulfillment citation (I will strike the shepherd and the sheep will be scattered) grounds the disciples' failure in the prophetic pattern. The striking of the shepherd is the passion; the scattering is the disciples' flight.

Church Fathers on Matthew 26:31

When the disciples had eaten the bread of blessing, and drunk of the cup of thanksgiving, the Lord instructs them in return for these things to sing a hymn to the Father. And they go to the Mount of Olives, that they may pass from height to height, because the believer can do nought in the valley.

Origen · 3rd century

and Rabanus , below, and more further on) between the brackets are not found in the earlier Editions of the Catena, in the ED. PR. nor the Bodl. MS. They appear to have been inserted by Nicolai.]

Bede · 8th century

This hymn may be that thanksgiving which in John, Our Lord offers up to the Father, when He lifted up His eyes and prayed for His disciples, and those who should believe through their word. This is that of which the Psalm speaks, 'The poor shall eat and be filled, they shall praise the Lord.' Ps 22:26]

Rabanus Maurus · 9th century
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