Mark 14:27

“And Jesus saith unto them, etc..] As they were going to the Mount of Olives. The Persic version reads, in this place; meaning the Mount of Olives, having got thither: all ye shall be offended because of me this night; (see Gill on “<402631>Matthew 26:31”); for it is written in (<381307>Zechariah 13:7), I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: Christ is meant by the shepherd, and the apostles by the sheep. The Syriac version reads, “his sheep”.”

“See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 26:20-35. Mark 14:31 More vehemently - More earnestly, more confidently. return to 'Top of Page'”

“This night - The Jews in reckoning their days began with the evening, according to the Mosaic computation, which called the evening and the morning the first day, Gen 1:5. And so that which after sunset is here called this night is, Mar 14:30, called to - day. The expression there is peculiarly significant. Verily I say to thee, that thou thyself, confident as thou art, to - day, even within four and twenty hours; yea, this night, or ever the sun be risen, nay, before the cock crow twice, before three in the morning, wilt deny me thrice. Our Lord doubtless spoke so determinately, as knowing a cock would crow once before the usual time of cock crowing. By Mar 13:35, it appears, that the third…”

“All: Mat 26:31; Luk 22:31, Luk 22:32; Joh 16:1, Joh 16:32; Ti2 4:16 for: Zac 13:7 Mark 14:28”