Mark 14:27

Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial

27 Then Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away, ^[a] for it is written: ¹ ‘I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’ ^[b]

Mark 14:27 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 14:27

And Jesus saith unto them
As they were going to the Mount of Olives. The Persic version reads, in this place; meaning the Mount of Olives, having got thither: all ye shall be offended because of me this night;
(See Gill on Matthew 26:31); for it is written
in ( Zechariah 13:7 ) , I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered:
Christ is meant by the shepherd, and the apostles by the sheep. The Syriac version reads, "his sheep".

Mark 14:27 In-Context

25 Truly I tell you, I will no longer drink of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it anew in the kingdom of God.”

26 And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

27 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.’

28 But after I have risen, I will go ahead of you into Galilee.”

29 Peter declared, “Even if all fall away, I never will.”

Cross References

• 1. (Zechariah 13:7–9; Matthew 26:31–35; Luke 22:31–38; John 13:36–38)

Footnotes

• [a]. BYZ and TR include on account of Me this night; see Matthew 26:31.
• [b]. Zechariah 13:7