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Jesus said to them, "All of you will be made to stumble because of me tonight, for it is written, `I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.`
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A Prophesied Failure
Commentators explain that Jesus is quoting the prophet Zechariah (13:7). His arrest and the disciples' subsequent abandonment were not a surprise but a fulfillment of God's written plan. Scholars clarify that the disciples' 'falling away' was a temporary failure of courage, not a permanent loss of faith.
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19th Century
Baptist
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Jesus says to them As they were going to the Mount of Olives. The Persic version reads, in this place; meaning the Mo…
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