26:31 Then Jesus said to them, “This night you will all fall away because of me, for it is written:
‘I will strike the shepherd,
and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’ 6
1 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
2 tn The Greek word here is πόλις (polis), which can mean either “town” or “city.”
3 tn Grk “For truly (ἀμήν, amhn) I say to you.” Here γάρ (gar, “for”) has not been translated.
4 tn The Greek word here is πόλις (polis), which can mean either “town” or “city.” “Town” was chosen here to emphasize the extensive nature of the disciples’ ministry. The same word is translated earlier in the verse as “place.”
5 tn Or “and the power of death” (taking the reference to the gates of Hades as a metonymy).
9 sn A quotation from Zech 13:7.