Watchman Press Reviewed Scripture Study
The Shepherd Struck and the Sheep Scattered
Zechariah 13:7 ↔ Matthew 26:31
Scripture Text
Read the Relationship in Young’s Literal Translation
Zechariah 13:7
7 Sword, awake against My shepherd, And against a hero — My fellow, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts. Smite the shepherd, and scattered is the flock, And I have put back My hand on the little ones.
Matthew 26:31
31 then 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;
Editorial Analysis
Watchman Press Review
The following classifications and notes are reviewed Watchman Press editorial analysis. They are separate from the biblical text and from the raw cross-reference dataset.
The Shepherd Struck and the Sheep Scattered
Jesus applies Zechariah's struck-shepherd text to Himself and the scattering of His disciples on the night of His arrest.
The scattering of the disciples is not presented as evidence that God's plan failed. Jesus interprets the crisis through Scripture before it unfolds.
Evidence / source note
Project sources reviewed: Young's Literal Translation, the 1881 Westcott-Hort Greek New Testament, and the JPS 1917 Tanakh.
The Shepherd Struck and the Sheep Scattered
Jesus introduces the prophetic wording as something written that will be realized in the events immediately surrounding His arrest.
The passage joins the suffering of the shepherd with the temporary scattering of those who follow Him.
Evidence / source note
Project sources reviewed: Young's Literal Translation, the 1881 Westcott-Hort Greek New Testament, and the JPS 1917 Tanakh.
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