Matthew 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.
KJV
τότε λέγει αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς· πάντες ὑμεῖς σκανδαλισθήσεσθε ἐν ἐμοὶ ἐν τῇ νυκτὶ ταύτῃ, γέγραπται γάρ· πατάξω τὸν ποιμένα, καὶ διασκορπισθήσονται τὰ πρόβατα τῆς ποίμνης.
Greek NT
Tunc dicit illis Jesus : Omnes vos scandalum patiemini in me in ista nocte. Scriptum est enim : Percutiam pastorem, et dispergentur oves gregis.
Vulgate
Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended in me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.
ASV
Then Jesus saith to them: All you shall be scandalized in me this night. For it is written: I will strike the shepherd: and the sheep of the flock shall be dispersed.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
20 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
γράφω
grapho
verb · 192×
διασκορπίζω
diaskorpizo
verb · 9×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
νύξ
nux
noun · 61×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
πατάσσω
patasso
verb · 10×
ποίμνη
poimne
noun · 5×
ποιμήν
poimen
noun · 18×
πρόβατον
probaton
noun · 39×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
σκανδαλίζω
skandalizo
verb · 29×
τότε
tote
adverb · 157×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
Intertextual echoes
This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.
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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
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: διασκορπισθήσονται | WH/Treg/NIV: διασκορπισθήσονται | RP: διασκορπισθήσεται
- διασκορπισθήσονται — SBLGNT
- διασκορπισθήσονται — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- διασκορπισθήσεται — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Themes
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§764"This Kingdom shines out before men in the word, in the works and in the presence of Christ."163 To welcome Jesus' word is to welcome "the Kingdom itself."164 The seed and beginning of the Kingdom are the "little flock" of those whom Jesus came to gather around him, the flock whose shepherd he is.165 They form Jesus' true family.166 To those whom he thus gathered around him, he…
2. Do you see how much diligence has been used, that it should be ever borne in mind that He died for us? For since the Marcionists, and Valentinians, and Manichæans were to arise, denying this dispensation, He continually reminds us of the passion even by the mysteries, (so that no man should be deceived); at once saving, and at the same time teaching by means of that sa…
Cross-references
- 2Sam 17:2 — And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only:
- Ezek 34:5 — And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.
- Isa 53:10 — Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall
- Job 6:15 — My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;
- Job 19:13 — He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.
- 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.
- Lam 1:19 — I called for my lovers, but they deceived me: my priests and mine elders gave up the ghost in the city, while they sought their meat to relieve their souls.
- Luke 22:31 — And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:
- Mark 1:2 — As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
- 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.
- 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.
- Matt 11:6 — And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.
- Matt 11:6 — And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.
- Matt 13:21 — Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.
- Matt 24:9 — Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.
- Matt 24:10 — And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
- Matt 26:56 — But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.
- Matt 26:56 — But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.
- Matt 28:6 — He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.
- Ps 38:11 — My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
- Ps 69:20 — Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
- Ps 88:18 — Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.
- 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