Matthew 26:56

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

But this has happened so that the scriptures of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples left him and fled.

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  • Matt 26:31 : 31 The Prediction of Peter’s Denial 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.’
  • John 16:32 : 32 Look, a time is coming– and has come– when you will be scattered, each one to his own home, and I will be left alone. Yet I am not alone, because my Father is with me.
  • Matt 26:54 : 54 How then would the scriptures that say it must happen this way be fulfilled?”
  • John 18:15-16 : 15 Peter’s First Denial Simon Peter and another disciple followed them as they brought Jesus to Annas.(Now the other disciple was acquainted with the high priest, and he went with Jesus into the high priest’s courtyard.) 16 But Peter was left standing outside by the door. So the other disciple who was acquainted with the high priest came out and spoke to the slave girl who watched the door, and brought Peter inside.
  • Acts 1:16 : 16 “Brothers, the scripture had to be fulfilled that the Holy Spirit foretold through David concerning Judas– who became the guide for those who arrested Jesus–
  • Acts 2:23 : 23 this man, who was handed over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you executed by nailing him to a cross at the hands of Gentiles.
  • 2 Tim 4:16 : 16 At my first defense no one appeared in my support; instead they all deserted me– may they not be held accountable for it.
  • Mark 14:50-52 : 50 Then all the disciples left him and fled. 51 A young man was following him, wearing only a linen cloth. They tried to arrest him, 52 but he ran off naked, leaving his linen cloth behind.
  • John 18:8-9 : 8 Jesus replied,“I told you that I am he. If you are looking for me, let these men go.” 9 He said this to fulfill the word he had spoken,“I have not lost a single one of those whom you gave me.”
  • Gen 3:15 : 15 And I will put hostility between you and the woman and between your offspring and her offspring; her offspring will attack your head, and you will attack her offspring’s heel.”
  • Isa 44:26 : 26 who fulfills the oracles of his prophetic servants and brings to pass the announcements of his messengers, who says about Jerusalem,‘She will be inhabited,’ and about the towns of Judah,‘They will be rebuilt, her ruins I will raise up,’
  • Lam 4:20 : 20 ר(Resh) Our very life breath– the LORD’s anointed king– was caught in their traps, of whom we thought,“Under his protection we will survive among the nations.”
  • Dan 9:24 : 24 “Seventy weeks have been determined concerning your people and your holy city to put an end to rebellion, to bring sin to completion, to atone for iniquity, to bring in perpetual righteousness, to seal up the prophetic vision, and to anoint a most holy place.
  • Dan 9:26 : 26 Now after the sixty-two weeks, an anointed one will be cut off and have nothing. As for the city and the sanctuary, the people of the coming prince will destroy them. But his end will come speedily like a flood. Until the end of the war that has been decreed there will be destruction.
  • Zech 13:7 : 7 “Awake, sword, against my shepherd, against the man who is my associate,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. Strike the shepherd that the flock may be scattered; I will turn my hand against the insignificant ones.
  • Matt 26:24 : 24 The Son of Man will go as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for him if he had never been born.”

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  • Mark 14:48-53
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    48Jesus said to them,“Have you come with swords and clubs to arrest me like you would an outlaw?

    49Day after day I was with you, teaching in the temple courts, yet you did not arrest me. But this has happened so that the scriptures would be fulfilled.”

    50Then all the disciples left him and fled.

    51A young man was following him, wearing only a linen cloth. They tried to arrest him,

    52but he ran off naked, leaving his linen cloth behind.

    53Condemned by the Sanhedrin Then they led Jesus to the high priest, and all the chief priests and elders and experts in the law came together.

  • Matt 26:54-55
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    54How then would the scriptures that say it must happen this way be fulfilled?”

    55At that moment Jesus said to the crowd,“Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest me like you would an outlaw? Day after day I sat teaching in the temple courts, yet you did not arrest me.

  • Matt 26:57-58
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    57Condemned by the Sanhedrin Now the ones who had arrested Jesus led him to Caiaphas, the high priest, in whose house the experts in the law and the elders had gathered.

    58But Peter was following him from a distance, all the way to the high priest’s courtyard. After going in, he sat with the guards to see the outcome.

  • Matt 26:30-32
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    30After singing a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

    31The Prediction of Peter’s Denial 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.’

    32But after I am raised, I will go ahead of you into Galilee.”

  • Mark 14:26-27
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    26After singing a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

    27The Prediction of Peter’s Denial Then Jesus said to them,“You will all fall away, for it is written,‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’

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    1The Plot Against Jesus When Jesus had finished saying all these things, he told his disciples,

  • Matt 26:44-48
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    44So leaving them again, he went away and prayed for the third time, saying the same thing once more.

    45Then he came to the disciples and said to them,“Are you still sleeping and resting? Look, the hour is approaching, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

    46Get up, let us go. Look! My betrayer is approaching!”

    47Betrayal and Arrest While he was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, arrived. With him was a large crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent by the chief priests and elders of the people.

    48(Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying,“The one I kiss is the man. Arrest him!”)

  • John 16:32
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    32Look, a time is coming– and has come– when you will be scattered, each one to his own home, and I will be left alone. Yet I am not alone, because my Father is with me.

  • Mark 14:42-44
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    42Get up, let us go. Look! My betrayer is approaching!”

    43Betrayal and Arrest Right away, while Jesus was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, arrived. With him came a crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent by the chief priests and experts in the law and elders.

    44(Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying,“The one I kiss is the man. Arrest him and lead him away under guard.”)

  • Matt 26:34-36
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    34Jesus said to him,“I tell you the truth, on this night, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.”

    35Peter said to him,“Even if I must die with you, I will never deny you.” And all the disciples said the same thing.

    36Gethsemane Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to the disciples,“Sit here while I go over there and pray.”

  • Mark 14:46
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    46Then they took hold of him and arrested him.

  • Luke 18:31
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    16“then those in Judea must flee to the mountains.

  • Matt 21:4
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    4This took place to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet:

  • Luke 22:54
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  • Matt 26:38
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    38Then he said to them,“My soul is deeply grieved, even to the point of death. Remain here and stay awake with me.”

  • 2 Tim 4:16
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    16At my first defense no one appeared in my support; instead they all deserted me– may they not be held accountable for it.

  • Luke 22:22
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    22For the Son of Man is to go just as it has been determined, but woe to that man by whom he is betrayed!”

  • John 18:9
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    9He said this to fulfill the word he had spoken,“I have not lost a single one of those whom you gave me.”

  • Luke 22:6
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    6So Judas agreed and began looking for an opportunity to betray Jesus when no crowd was present.

  • Luke 22:49
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    49When those who were around him saw what was about to happen, they said,“Lord, should we use our swords?”

  • Matt 26:14
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    14The Plan to Betray Jesus Then one of the twelve, the one named Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests

  • Matt 26:50-51
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    50Jesus said to him,“Friend, do what you are here to do.” Then they came and took hold of Jesus and arrested him.

    51But one of those with Jesus grabbed his sword, drew it out, and struck the high priest’s slave, cutting off his ear.

  • John 18:12
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    12Jesus Before Annas Then the squad of soldiers with their commanding officer and the officers of the Jewish leaders arrested Jesus and tied him up.

  • Acts 1:16
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    16“Brothers, the scripture had to be fulfilled that the Holy Spirit foretold through David concerning Judas– who became the guide for those who arrested Jesus–

  • Luke 22:66
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    66When day came, the council of the elders of the people gathered together, both the chief priests and the experts in the law. Then they led Jesus away to their council

  • Matt 26:16
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    16From that time on, Judas began looking for an opportunity to betray him.

  • Mark 15:1
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    16(His disciples did not understand these things when they first happened, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written about him and that these things had happened to him.)

  • Matt 26:40
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    40Then he came to the disciples and found them sleeping. He said to Peter,“So, couldn’t you stay awake with me for one hour?

  • John 19:16
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    16Then Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified.The CrucifixionSo they took Jesus,