MATTHEW 26:31 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“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.
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