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Mark 14:50
Then everyone deserted Him and fled.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrative records the immediate aftermath of Jesus' arrest, where his disciples abandon him in the moment of crisis. The words — ἀφέντες (aphentes) translates literally as "having left" and ἔφυγον (ephugon) as "fled," describing the sudden, decisive departure of the group from Jesus. The thread — This abandonment fulfills the scattering prophecy in Mark 14:27 and aligns with the scattered disciples motif in John 16:32. Why it lands — The text states that all followers fled, establishing a baseline of human failure that precedes any theological inference about discipleship or divine sovereignty.
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The Greek words
King James Version
And they all forsook him, and fled.
Cross-references
- Mark 14:27 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.’
- John 16:32 “Look, an hour is coming and has already come when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and you will leave Me all alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.
- Psalms 88:18 You have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion.
- 2 Timothy 4:16 At my first defense, no one stood with me, but everyone deserted me. May it not be charged against them.
- Psalms 38:11 My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.
- Psalms 88:7 Your wrath weighs heavily upon me; all Your waves have submerged me. Selah
- Job 19:13 He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me.
- Isaiah 63:3 “I have trodden the winepress alone, and no one from the nations was with Me. I trampled them in My anger and trod them down in My fury; their blood spattered My garments, and all My clothes were stained.
- John 18:8 “I told you that I am He,” Jesus replied. “So if you are looking for Me, let these men go.”