Then everyone deserted Him and fled.
Parallel translations
- WEB They all left him, and fled.
- KJV And they all forsook him, and fled.
- NKJV Then they all forsook Him and fled.
- NASB And His disciples all left Him and fled.
- NLT Then all his disciples deserted him and ran away.
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Quick answer
All the disciples desert Jesus and flee. His earlier prediction of their scattering is fulfilled.
Overview
As Jesus foretold by citing Zechariah, the sheep scatter when the shepherd is struck. The disciples' flight exposes the weakness of even devoted followers under pressure. Their abandonment magnifies that Jesus walks the path of suffering alone, the one faithful sufferer for the unfaithful.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Mark 14:27Then Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away, for it is written: ‘I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’
- John 16:32“Look, an hour is coming and has already come when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and you will leave Me all alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.
- 2 Tim 4:16At my first defense, no one stood with me, but everyone deserted me. May it not be charged against them.
- Ps 88:18You have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion.
- Ps 38:11My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.
- Ps 88:7–8Your wrath weighs heavily upon me; all Your waves have submerged me. Selah
- Isa 63:3“I have trodden the winepress alone, and no one from the nations was with Me. I trampled them in My anger and trod them down in My fury; their blood spattered My garments, and all My clothes were stained.
- John 18:8“I told you that I am He,” Jesus replied. “So if you are looking for Me, let these men go.”
- Job 19:13–14He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me.
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Mark drives urgently to the cross, showing Jesus the Son of God as the suffering Servant who 'came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.'
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