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Mark 14:27

And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered.

KJV

καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς ὅτι πάντες σκανδαλισθήσεσθε, ὅτι γέγραπται· πατάξω τὸν ποιμένα, καὶ τὰ πρόβατα διασκορπισθήσονται.

Greek NT

Et ait eis Jesus : Omnes scandalizabimini in me in nocte ista : quia scriptum est : Percutiam pastorem, et dispergentur oves.

Vulgate

And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered abroad.

ASV

And Jesus saith to them: You will all be scandalized in my regard this night. For it is written: I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep shall be dispersed.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γράφω
grapho
verb · 192×
διασκορπίζω
diaskorpizo
verb · 9×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
πατάσσω
patasso
verb · 10×
ποιμήν
poimen
noun · 18×
πρόβατον
probaton
noun · 39×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
σκανδαλίζω
skandalizo
verb · 29×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×

Intertextual echoes

This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.

  • Zech 13:7 · exact_quote
    "Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones."
    Zechariah: strike the shepherd and the sheep scatter — Mark's version

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: σκανδαλισθήσεσθε | WH/Treg/NIV: σκανδαλισθήσεσθε | RP: + ἐν ἐμοὶ ἐν τῇ νυκτὶ ταύτῃ
  • σκανδαλισθήσεσθεSBLGNT
  • σκανδαλισθήσεσθεWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + ἐν ἐμοὶ ἐν τῇ νυκτὶ ταύτῃRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: τὰ πρόβατα διασκορπισθήσονται | WH/Treg/NIV: τὰ πρόβατα διασκορπισθήσονται | RP: διασκορπισθήσεται τὰ πρόβατα
  • τὰ πρόβατα διασκορπισθήσονταιSBLGNT
  • τὰ πρόβατα διασκορπισθήσονταιWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • διασκορπισθήσεται τὰ πρόβαταRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§474By its union to the divine wisdom in the person of the Word incarnate, Christ enjoyed in his human knowledge the fullness of understanding of the eternal plans he had come to reveal.108 What he admitted to not knowing in this area, he elsewhere declared himself not sent to reveal.109 Christ's human will

Cross-references

  • John 13:37 — Peter said unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thy sake.
  • John 16:1 — These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended.
  • John 16:32 — Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
  • John 16:32 — Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
  • Mark 14:50 — And they all forsook him, and fled.
  • Matt 26:5 — But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.
  • Matt 26:31 — Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.
  • Matt 26:31 — Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.
  • Prov 28:26 — He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.
  • Zech 13:7 — Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little one
  • Zech 13:7 — Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little one