“And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.”
And he shall say, I received these wounds in the house of my friends. And in that day, declares the LORD, the shepherd will be struck, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered. This verse's continuation makes clear reference to the shepherd being struck (the Messiah's death) and the scattering of sheep, explicitly quoted by Jesus in Mark 14:27 regarding the apostles' flight at His arrest. The identification of the smitten shepherd with Jesus Christ in Christian interpretation connects Zechariah's prophecy directly to the Passion account. The sheep's scattering indicates the crisis of the Messiah's death—the community loses its shepherd and falls into confusion. This verse anticipates the desolation that follows the Messiah's rejection and death, showing that redemption encompasses the Messiah's suffering and His people's temporary abandonment.
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