Zechariah 13:7
13:7 “Awake, sword, against my shepherd,
against the man who is my associate,”
says the Lord who rules over all.
Strike the shepherd that the flock may be scattered;
I will turn my hand against the insignificant ones.
Matthew 26:31
The Prediction of Peter’s Denial
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.’
John 7:33-34
7:33 Then Jesus said, “I will be with you for only a little while longer,
and then
I am going to the one who sent me.
7:34 You will look for me
but will not find me, and where I am you cannot come.”
John 12:8
12:8 For you will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me!”
John 13:33
13:33 Children, I am still with you for a little while. You will look for me,
and just as I said to the Jewish religious leaders,
‘Where I am going you cannot come,’
now I tell you the same.
John 16:7
16:7 But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I am going away. For if I do not go away, the Advocate
will not come to you, but if I go, I will send him to you.
John 16:28
16:28 I came from the Father and entered into the world, but in turn,
I am leaving the world and going back to the Father.”
John 17:11
17:11 I
am no longer in the world, but
they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them safe
in your name
that you have given me, so that they may be one just as we are one.
John 17:13
17:13 But now I am coming to you, and I am saying these things in the world, so they may experience
my joy completed
in themselves.
Acts 1:9
1:9 After
he had said this, while they were watching, he was lifted up and a cloud hid him from their sight.
Acts 3:21
3:21 This one
heaven must
receive until the time all things are restored,
which God declared
from times long ago
through his holy prophets.