Mark 14:27 meaning and explanation
Then Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away, for it is written: ‘I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’
Mark 14:27, Berean Standard Bible
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Jesus speaks these words to his disciples on the Mount of Olives after the Last Supper, quoting Zechariah 13:7, where God strikes the shepherd and the sheep scatter. Jesus applies that prophecy to himself: his arrest and death will shatter the group, and every disciple will desert him.
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