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.’ ¹ 

Matthew 26:56

26:56 But this has happened so that ²  the scriptures of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples left him and fled.

Mark 14:27

The Prediction of Peter’s Denial

14:27 Then ³  Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away, for it is written,

‘I will strike the shepherd,

and the sheep will be scattered.’ ⁴ 

Mark 14:50

14:50 Then ⁵  all the disciples ⁶  left him and fled.

John 16:32

16:32 Look, a time ⁷  is coming – and has come – when you will be scattered, each one to his own home, ⁸  and I will be left alone. ⁹  Yet ¹⁰  I am not alone, because my Father ¹¹  is with me.

[26:31]  ¹ sn A quotation from Zech 13:7.

[26:56]  ² tn Grk “But so that”; the verb “has happened” is implied.

[14:27]  ³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[14:27]  ⁴ sn A quotation from Zech 13:7.

[14:50]  ⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[14:50]  ⁶ tn Grk “they”; the referent (Jesus’ disciples) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[16:32]  ⁷ tn Grk “an hour.”

[16:32]  ⁸ 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]  ⁹ 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]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “And” (but with some contrastive force).

[16:32]  ¹¹ tn Grk “the Father.”