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25 I tell you the truth,[a] I will no longer drink of the fruit[b] of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.”[c] 26 After singing a hymn,[d] they went out to the Mount of Olives.

The Prediction of Peter’s Denial

27 Then[e] Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away, for it is written,

I will strike the shepherd,
and the sheep will be scattered.’[f]

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 14:25 tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amēn), I say to you.”
  2. Mark 14:25 tn Grk “the produce” (“the produce of the vine” is a figurative expression for wine).
  3. Mark 14:25 sn The kingdom of God is a major theme of Jesus’ teaching. The nature of the kingdom of God in the NT and in Jesus’ teaching has long been debated by interpreters and scholars, with discussion primarily centering around the nature of the kingdom (earthly, heavenly, or both) and the kingdom’s arrival (present, future, or both). An additional major issue concerns the relationship between the kingdom of God and the person and work of Jesus himself.
  4. Mark 14:26 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. Mark 14:27 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.
  6. Mark 14:27 sn A quotation from Zech 13:7.