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ULTThen Jesus says to them, “You all will be caused to stumble on me in this night, for it is written, ⇔ ‘I will strike the shepherd ⇔ and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’
USTAfter that, Jesus told them, “God had Zechariah write in the Scriptures, ⇔ ‘I will kill the one who is like a shepherd. ⇔ Then, the people who are like sheep in his flock will flee.’ § So, tonight all of you will reject me!
BSB § Then Jesus said to them, “This very night you will all fall away on account of Me. For it is written: ⇔ ‘I will strike the Shepherd, ⇔ and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’[fn]
BLBThen Jesus says to them, "You all will fall away because of Me during this night. For it has been written: 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'
AICNTThen Jesus says to them, “All of you will be made to stumble because of me this night, for it has been written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’[fn]
OEBThen Jesus said to them, ‘Even you will all fall away from me tonight. Scripture says – “I will strike down the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.”
WEBBEThen 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 of the flock will be scattered.’
WMBBThen Yeshua 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 of the flock will be scattered.’
NETThen Jesus said to them, “This night you will all fall away because of me, for it is written: ⇔ ‘ I will strike the shepherd, ⇔ and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’
LSVthen Jesus says to them, “All you will be stumbled at Me this night; for it has been written: I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered abroad;
FBV“All of you will abandon me tonight,” Jesus told them. “As Scripture says, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the flock of sheep will be completely scattered.’[fn]
TCNTThen Jesus said to them, “All of you will fall away because of me this night. For it is written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’
T4TOn the way, Jesus told us, “This night all of you will desert me because of what will happen to me! This is certain to happen because these words that God said are written in the Scriptures: ‘I will cause the shepherd to be killed, and all the sheep will be scattered {scatter}.’
LEB• Then Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away because of me during this night, for it is written,‘I will strike the shepherd• and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’[fn]
BBEThen said Jesus to them, All of you will be turned away from me this night: for it is said in the Writings, I will put to death the keeper of the sheep, and the sheep of the flock will be put to flight.
WymthThen said Jesus, "This night all of you will stumble and fail in your fidelity to me; for it is written, `I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered in all directions.'
ASVThen 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.
DRAThen Jesus said 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.
YLTthen saith Jesus to them, 'All ye shall be stumbled at me this night; for it hath been written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad;
DrbyThen saith Jesus to them, All ye shall be offended in me during this night. For it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.
RVThen 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.
WbstrThen saith Jesus to 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.
KJB-1769Then 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. (Then saith/says Jesus unto them, All ye/you_all 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.)
KJB-1611[fn][fn]Then saith Iesus vnto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night, For it is written, I will smite the Shepheard, and the sheepe of the flocke shall be scattered abroad. (Then saith/says Yesus/Yeshua unto them, All ye/you_all shall be offended because of me this night, For it is written, I will smite the Shepheard, and the sheep of the flocke shall be scattered abroad.)
BshpsThen sayth Iesus vnto them: All ye shalbe offeded because of me this night. For it is written: I wyll smyte the shephearde, and the sheepe of the flocke shalbe scattered abrode. (Then saith/says Yesus/Yeshua unto them: All ye/you_all shall be offeded because of me this night. For it is written: I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flocke shall be scattered abroad.)
GnvaThen saide Iesus vnto them, All yee shall be offended by me this night: for it is written, I wil smite the shepheard, and the sheepe of the flocke shalbe scattered. (Then said Yesus/Yeshua unto them, All ye/you_all shall be offended by me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flocke shall be scattered. )
CvdlThen sayde Iesus vnto them. This night shal ye all be offended in me. For it is wrytten: I wil smyte the shepherde, and the shepe of the flocke shalbe scatered abrode. (Then said Yesus/Yeshua unto them. This night shall ye/you_all all be offended in me. For it is written: I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flocke shall be scatered abroad.)
TNTThen sayd Iesus vnto them: all ye shall be offended by me this night. For it is wrytten. I will smyte the shepe herde and the shepe of the flocke shalbe scattered abroode. (Then said Yesus/Yeshua unto them: all ye/you_all shall be offended by me this night. For it is written. I will smite the sheep heard and the sheep of the flocke shall be scattered abroade. )
WyclThanne Jhesus seide to hem, Alle ye schulen suffre sclaundre in me, in this niyt; for it is writun, Y schal smyte the scheeperde, and the scheep of the flok schulen be scaterid. (Then Yhesus said to them, All ye/you_all should suffer sclaundre in me, in this niyt; for it is written, I shall smite the scheeperde, and the sheep of the flok should be scaterid.)
LuthDa sprach JEsus zu ihnen: In dieser Nacht werdet ihr euch alle ärgern an mir; denn es stehet geschrieben: Ich werde den Hirten schlagen, und die Schafe der Herde werden sich zerstreuen. (So spoke Yesus to to_them: In dieser night becomet you/their/her you all ärgern at to_me; because it stands written: I become the Hirten schlagen, and the sheep the/of_the Herde become itself/yourself/themselves zerstreuen.)
ClVgTunc dicit illis Jesus: Omnes vos scandalum patiemini in me in ista nocte. Scriptum est enim: Percutiam pastorem, et dispergentur oves gregis.[fn] (Tunc dicit illis Yesus: All_of_them you scandalum patiemini in me in ista nocte. Scriptum it_is because: Percutiam pastorem, and dispergentur oves gregis. )
26.31Omnes vos scandalum pati. Prædicit illis quid passuri sunt, ut post eum tum non desperent, sed pœnitentia liberentur.
26.31All_of_them you scandalum pati. Prædicit illis quid passuri are, as after him tum not/no desperent, but pœnitentia liberentur.
UGNTτότε λέγει αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς, πάντες ὑμεῖς σκανδαλισθήσεσθε ἐν ἐμοὶ ἐν τῇ νυκτὶ ταύτῃ; γέγραπται γάρ, πατάξω τὸν ποιμένα, καὶ διασκορπισθήσονται τὰ πρόβατα τῆς ποίμνης. (tote legei autois ho Yaʸsous, pantes humeis skandalisthaʸsesthe en emoi en taʸ nukti tautaʸ; gegraptai gar, pataxō ton poimena, kai diaskorpisthaʸsontai ta probata taʸs poimnaʸs.)
SBL-GNTΤότε λέγει αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς· Πάντες ὑμεῖς σκανδαλισθήσεσθε ἐν ἐμοὶ ἐν τῇ νυκτὶ ταύτῃ, γέγραπται γάρ· Πατάξω τὸν ποιμένα, καὶ ⸀διασκορπισθήσονται τὰ πρόβατα τῆς ποίμνης· (Tote legei autois ho Yaʸsous; Pantes humeis skandalisthaʸsesthe en emoi en taʸ nukti tautaʸ, gegraptai gar; Pataxō ton poimena, kai ⸀diaskorpisthaʸsontai ta probata taʸs poimnaʸs;)
TC-GNTΤότε λέγει αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Πάντες ὑμεῖς σκανδαλισθήσεσθε ἐν ἐμοὶ ἐν τῇ νυκτὶ ταύτῃ· γέγραπται γάρ, Πατάξω τὸν ποιμένα, καὶ [fn]διασκορπισθήσεται τὰ πρόβατα τῆς ποίμνης. (Tote legei autois ho Yaʸsous, Pantes humeis skandalisthaʸsesthe en emoi en taʸ nukti tautaʸ; gegraptai gar, Pataxō ton poimena, kai diaskorpisthaʸsetai ta probata taʸs poimnaʸs. )
26:31διασκορπισθησεται ¦ διασκορπισθησονται ANT CT
26:31God will strike: In Zech 13:7-9, the Shepherd, God’s partner, is struck down (understood by Jesus as a prediction of his own death), and out of the scattered sheep emerge a purged, purified remnant of faithful ones (Zech 13:8-9). In the short term, the disciples would soon be scattered and deny association with Jesus (Matt 26:34, 56, 69-75).
To call attention to a development in the story, Matthew uses the present tense in past narration. If it would not be natural to do that in your language, you could use the past tense in your translation. Alternate translation: [said]
all ˱of˲_you_all /will_be_being/_stumbled in me at ¬the night this ˱it˲_/has_been/_written for ˱I˲_/will_be/_striking the shepherd and /will_be_being/_scattered the sheep ˱of˲_the flock
If it would be more natural in your language, you could reverse the order of these clauses, since the last clauses gives the basis for the claim that the first clause makes. Alternate translation: [It is written, ‘I will strike the shepherd and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’ Therefore, you all will be caused to stumble on me in this night]
Here Jesus speaks as if he were a lump or rock that his disciples could stumble on. He means that they will reject and desert him because of what will happen to him. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [will desert me because of what happens to me] or [will run away from me]
If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [will stumble]
In Jesus’ culture, it is written was a normal way to introduce a quotation from an important text, in this case, the book of Zechariah (see Zechariah 13:7). If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable phrase that indicates that Jesus is quoting from an important text. Alternate translation: [you can read in the Scriptures] or [it says in the book of Zechariah]
If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. If you need to say who did the action, it is clear from the context that it was God speaking through Zechariah. Alternate translation: [Zechariah wrote] or [God spoke through Zechariah]
˱it˲_/has_been/_written & ˱I˲_/will_be/_striking the shepherd and /will_be_being/_scattered the sheep ˱of˲_the flock
If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: [it is written that God will strike the shepherd and the sheep of the flock will be scattered]
˱I˲_/will_be/_striking the shepherd and /will_be_being/_scattered the sheep ˱of˲_the flock
Here the author of the quotation speaks as if the Messiah were a shepherd and as if his people were sheep of the flock. He means that the Messiah is the leader, and his people are like helpless sheep without him. Since Jesus is quoting these words from the Old Testament, if possible preserve the metaphor or express the idea in simile form. Alternate translation: [I will strike the person who is like a shepherd and those who are like sheep of the flock will be scattered]
In this quotation, God is the one speaking. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: [I, God, will strike]
Here, the word strike means to hit someone hard enough to kill that person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: [I will fatally strike] or [I will strike down]
In your language, it might seem that this phrase expresses unnecessary extra information. If so, you could abbreviate it. Alternate translation: [the sheep]
On the Thursday before he was crucified, Jesus had arranged to share the Passover meal with his disciples in an upper room, traditionally thought to be located in the Essene Quarter of Jerusalem. After they finished the meal, they went to the Garden of Gethsemane, where Jesus often met with his disciples. There Judas Iscariot, one of Jesus’ own disciples, betrayed him to soldiers sent from the High Priest, and they took Jesus to the High Priest’s residence. In the morning the leading priests and teachers of the law put Jesus on trial and found him guilty of blasphemy. The council sent Jesus to stand trial for treason before the Roman governor Pontius Pilate, who resided at the Praetorium while in Jerusalem. The Praetorium was likely located at the former residence of Herod the Great, who had died over 30 years earlier. When Pilate learned that Jesus was from Galilee, he sent him to Herod Antipas, who had jurisdiction over Galilee. But when Jesus gave no answer to Herod’s many questions, Herod and his soldiers sent him back to Pilate, who conceded to the people’s demands that Jesus be crucified. Jesus was forced to carry his cross out of the city gate to Golgotha, meaning Skull Hill, referring to what may have been a small unquarried hill in the middle of an old quarry just outside the gate. After Jesus was unable to carry his cross any further, a man named Simon from Cyrene was forced to carry it for him. There at Golgotha they crucified Jesus. After Jesus died, his body was hurriedly taken down before nightfall and placed in a newly cut, rock tomb owned by Joseph of Arimathea, a member of the Jewish high council. This tomb was likely located at the perimeter of the old quarry.
