Matthew 26:29-31
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
29 [a]I tell you, from now on I shall not drink this fruit of the vine until the day when I drink it with you new in the kingdom of my Father.” 30 [b]Then, after singing a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
Peter’s Denial Foretold. 31 (A)Then Jesus said to them, “This night all of you will have your faith in me shaken,[c] for it is written:(B)
‘I will strike the shepherd,
and the sheep of the flock will be dispersed’;
Footnotes
- 26:29 Although his death will interrupt the table fellowship he has had with the disciples, Jesus confidently predicts his vindication by God and a new table fellowship with them at the banquet of the kingdom.
- 26:30 See note on Mk 14:26.
- 26:31 Will have…shaken: literally, “will be scandalized in me”; see note on Mt 24:9–12. I will strike…dispersed: cf. Zec 13:7.
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