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29 I[a] tell you, from now on I will not drink of this fruit[b] of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.” 30 After[c] singing a hymn,[d] they went out to the Mount of Olives.

The Prediction of Peter’s Denial

31 Then 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.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 26:29 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
  2. Matthew 26:29 tn Grk “produce” (“the produce of the vine” is a figurative expression for wine).
  3. Matthew 26:30 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.
  4. Matthew 26:30 sn After singing a hymn. The Hallel Psalms (Pss 113-118) were sung during the meal. Psalms 113 and 114 were sung just before the second cup and 115-118 were sung at the end of the meal, after the fourth, or hallel cup.
  5. Matthew 26:31 sn A quotation from Zech 13:7.