Mark 14:27 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered. {offended: or, scandalized, or, shall stumble}”

Mark 14:27

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Verily I say unto you, I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine, until that day that I drink it new in the kingdom of God.

And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives. {hymn: or, psalm}

And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered. {offended: or, scandalized, or, shall stumble}

But after that I am risen, I will go before you into Galilee.

But Peter said unto him, Although all shall be offended, yet {will} not I.

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Mark 14:1

"After two days was {the feast of} the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put {him} to death."

Mark 14:2

"But they said, Not on the feast {day}, lest there be an uproar of the people."

Mark 14:3

"And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured {it} on his head. {spikenard: or, pure nard, or, liquid nard}"

Mark 14:4

"And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?"

Mark 14:5

"For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her."

Mark 14:6

"And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me."

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