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Strike the shepherd
Zechariah spoke of a sword raised against God's shepherd and the sheep scattered. Jesus quoted it hours before the arrest, and all the disciples fled.
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New TestamentMatthew 26:31Open this recordRead the earlier witness
“Awake, sword, against my shepherd, against the man who is close to me!” declares the Lord Almighty. “Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn my hand against the little ones. Read the later witness
Then Jesus told them, “This very night you will all fall away on account of me, for it is written: “ ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’ Why FaithGraph draws this line
Matthew 26:31 quotes Zechariah 13:7.
On the way to the garden Jesus says the disciples will fall away because it is written that the shepherd will be struck and the sheep scattered.
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