Expositor's Bible Commentary Commentary Mark 14:28

"Howbeit, after I am raised up, I will go before you into Galilee." — Mark 14:28 (ASV)

The predictions recorded here were probably spoken by Jesus as he walked with his disciples from the Upper Room to the Mount of Olives. The verb “fall away” (GK 4997) suggests not that the disciples will lose their faith in Jesus, but that their courage will fail and they will forsake him. When the Shepherd (Jesus) is struck by God, the sheep (the disciples) will be scattered (Zechariah 13:7). The prediction was fulfilled. The disciples were afraid of being identified with Jesus in his trial and death, and that caused them to forsake him. This was especially true of Peter, whose actions are often representative of the rest of the disciples.

After the death of the Shepherd, however, Jesus predicted a glorious resurrection and a reunion of Shepherd and sheep in Galilee.