Discovery BoxMatthew 26:31
Context26:31 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.’ 1
Mark 14:50-52
Context14:50 Then 2 all the disciples 3 left him and fled. 14:51 A young man was following him, wearing only a linen cloth. They tried to arrest him, 14:52 but he ran off naked, 4 leaving his linen cloth behind.
John 16:32
Context16:32 Look, a time 5 is coming – and has come – when you will be scattered, each one to his own home, 6 and I will be left alone. 7 Yet 8 I am not alone, because my Father 9 is with me.
John 18:8-9
Context18:8 Jesus replied, 10 “I told you that I am he. If you are looking for 11 me, let these men 12 go.” 13 18:9 He said this 14 to fulfill the word he had spoken, 15 “I have not lost a single one of those whom you gave me.” 16
John 18:15-16
Context18:15 Simon Peter and another disciple followed them as they brought Jesus to Annas. 17 (Now the other disciple 18 was acquainted with the high priest, and he went with Jesus into the high priest’s courtyard.) 19 18:16 But Simon Peter was left standing outside by the door. So the other disciple who was acquainted with the high priest came out and spoke to the slave girl who watched the door, 20 and brought Peter inside.
John 18:2
Context18:2 (Now Judas, the one who betrayed him, knew the place too, because Jesus had met there many times 21 with his disciples.) 22
John 4:16
Context4:16 He 23 said to her, “Go call your husband and come back here.” 24
[26:31] 1 sn A quotation from Zech 13:7.
[14:50] 2 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.
[14:50] 3 tn Grk “they”; the referent (Jesus’ disciples) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[14:52] 4 sn The statement he ran off naked is probably a reference to Mark himself, traditionally assumed to be the author of this Gospel. Why he was wearing only an outer garment and not the customary tunic as well is not mentioned. W. L. Lane, Mark (NICNT), 527-28, says that Mark probably mentioned this episode so as to make it clear that “all fled, leaving Jesus alone in the custody of the police.”
[16:32] 6 tn Grk “each one to his own”; the word “home” is not in the Greek text but is implied. The phrase “each one to his own” may be completed in a number of different ways: “each one to his own property”; “each one to his own family”; or “each one to his own home.” The last option seems to fit most easily into the context and so is used in the translation.
[16:32] 7 sn The proof of Jesus’ negative evaluation of the disciples’ faith is now given: Jesus foretells their abandonment of him at his arrest, trials, and crucifixion (I will be left alone). This parallels the synoptic accounts in Matt 26:31 and Mark 14:27 when Jesus, after the last supper and on the way to Gethsemane, foretold the desertion of the disciples as a fulfillment of Zech 13:7: “Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.” Yet although the disciples would abandon Jesus, he reaffirmed that he was not alone, because the Father was still with him.
[16:32] 8 tn Grk “And” (but with some contrastive force).
[16:32] 9 tn Grk “the Father.”
[18:8] 10 tn Grk “Jesus answered.”
[18:8] 11 tn Grk “if you are seeking.”
[18:8] 12 tn The word “men” is not in the Greek text but is implied. The translation uses the word “men” here rather than a more generic word like “people” because in context Jesus referred only to the eleven remaining disciples who were loyal to him and were present at his arrest.
[18:8] 13 sn A second time Jesus replied, “I told you that I am he,” identifying himself as the one they are seeking. Jesus also added, “If you are looking for me, let these men go.” Jesus successfully diverted attention from his disciples by getting the soldiers and officers of the chief priests to admit (twice) that it is only him they were after. Even in this hour Jesus still protected and cared for his own, giving himself up on their behalf. By handing himself over to his enemies, Jesus ensured that his disciples went free. From the perspective of the author, this is acting out beforehand what Jesus will actually do for his followers when he goes to the cross.
[18:9] 14 tn The words “He said this” are not in the Greek text, but are implied. There is an ellipsis in the Greek text that must be supplied for the modern English reader at this point.
[18:9] 15 sn This expression is similar to John 6:39 and John 17:12.
[18:9] 16 tn Grk “Of the ones whom you gave me, I did not lose one of them.” The order of the clauses has been rearranged to reflect contemporary English style.
[18:15] 17 tn The words “them as they brought Jesus to Annas” are not in the Greek text, but are supplied to clarify who Peter and the other disciple were following. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context.
[18:15] 18 tn Grk “that disciple.”
[18:15] 19 sn This is a parenthetical note by the author.
[18:16] 20 tn Grk “spoke to the doorkeeper”; her description as a slave girl is taken from the following verse. The noun θυρωρός (qurwro") may be either masculine or feminine, but the article here indicates that it is feminine.
[18:2] 22 sn This is a parenthetical note by the author.
[4:16] 23 tc Most witnesses have “Jesus” here, either with the article (אc C2 D L Ws Ψ 086 Ï lat) or without (א* A Θ Ë1,13 al), while several important and early witnesses lack the name (Ì66,75 B C* 33vid pc). It is unlikely that scribes would have deliberately expunged the name of Jesus from the text here, especially since it aids the reader with the flow of the dialogue. Further, that the name occurs both anarthrously and with the article suggests that it was a later addition. (For similar arguments, see the tc note on “woman” in 4:11).
