Matthew 26:31
“All of you will abandon me tonight,” Jesus told them. “As Scripture says, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the flock of sheep will be completely scattered.’
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30After they'd sung a song, they left for the Mount of Olives.
32But after I have risen, I'll go ahead of you to Galilee.”
Cross References
Job 6:15My brothers have acted as deceptively as a desert stream, rushing waters in the desert that vanish.
Psalms 38:11My loved ones and my friends don't come near me because they're afraid of what I've got. Even my family keeps me at a distance.
Psalms 88:18You have made my family and friends avoid me. Darkness is my only friend.
Lamentations 1:19I called out for help to my lovers, but they betrayed me. My priests and elders starved to death in the city as they tried to find food to keep themselves alive.
Zechariah 13:7Wake up, my sword! Attack my shepherd, the man who stands beside me! declares the Lord. Strike the shepherd and the sheep will be scattered, and I will raise my hand against the lambs.
Matthew 24:9Then they will arrest you, they will persecute you, and they will kill you. All people will hate you because of me.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 26:27-31
Institution of the Lord's Supper. 26 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. 27 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; 28 For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. 29 But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom. 30 And… Read the whole commentary →