MARK—NOTE ON Mark 14:27 strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered. Knowing that his disciples will soon desert him (see v. Mark 14:50), Jesus quotes Zechariah 13:7. The striking of the shepherd occurs in order to purify the people (Zechariah 13:1, Zechariah 13:7, Zechariah 13:9). Jesus is confident that, though his flock will soon desert him, he will once again gather them (after I am raised up; see Mark 16:7). It is unclear why Jesus chooses Galilee (the home region of the disciples) as the place for this post-resurrection gathering. Perhaps it is so that the disciples will not expect a revolutionary event in Jerusalem (see Acts 1:6).

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