Matthew 26:31

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

All

I will

Isaiah 53:10

Zechariah 13:7

And the

Ezekiel 34:5

General references

John 16:1

Bible References

All

But all this has taken place so that the Scriptures of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples deserted Him and fled.

And blessed [joyful, favored by God] is he who does not take offense at Me [accepting Me as the Messiah and trusting confidently in My message of salvation].”

“Then they will hand you over to [endure] tribulation, and will put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.

Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away [and be ashamed and be afraid to be associated with Me as disciples], because it is written, ‘I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’

“Simon, Simon (Peter), listen! Satan has demanded permission to sift [all of] you like grain;

Take careful notice: an hour is coming, and has arrived, when you will all be scattered, each to his own home, leaving Me alone; and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.

I will

Yet the Lord was willing
To crush Him, causing Him to suffer;
If He would give Himself as a guilt offering [an atonement for sin],
He shall see His [spiritual] offspring,
He shall prolong His days,
And the will (good pleasure) of the Lord shall succeed and prosper in His hand.

“Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd,
And against the Man, My Associate,”
Declares the Lord of hosts.
“Strike the Shepherd so that the sheep [of the flock] may be scattered;
And I will turn My hand and stretch it out against the little ones [of the flock].

And the

“My brothers have acted deceitfully like a brook,
Like the torrents of brooks that vanish,

“He has put my brothers far from me,
And my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.

My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague;
And my neighbors stand far away.

Reproach and insults have broken my heart and I am so sick.
I looked for sympathy, but there was none,
And for comforters, but I found none.

Lover and friend You have placed far from me;
My familiar friends are in darkness.

“I [Jerusalem] called to my lovers (political allies), but they deceived me.
My priests and my elders perished in the city
While they looked for food to restore their strength.

They were scattered because there was no shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the predators of the field.

General references

“I have told you these things so that you will not stumble or be caught off guard and fall away.