Matthew 26:56
Good News Translation
But all this has happened in order to make come true what the prophets wrote in the Scriptures." Then all the disciples left him and ran away.

New Revised Standard Version
But all this has taken place, so that the scriptures of the prophets may be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples deserted him and fled.

Contemporary English Version
But all this happened, so that what the prophets wrote would come true." All Jesus' disciples left him and ran away.

New American Bible
But all this has come to pass that the writings of the prophets may be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples left him and fled.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Now all this was done that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then the disciples, all leaving him, fled.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Now all this was done that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then the disciples, all leaving him, fled.

that.

Matthew 26:54 How then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that so it must be done?

Genesis 3:15 I will put enmities between thee and the woman, and thy seed and her seed: she shall crush thy head, and thou shalt lie in wait for her heel.

Isaiah 44:26 That raise up the word of my servant and perform the counsel of my messengers, who say to Jerusalem: Thou shalt be inhabited: and to the cities of Juda: You shall be built, and I will raise up the wastes thereof.

Lamentations 4:20 Res. The breath of our mouth, Christ the Lord, is taken in our sins: to whom we said: Under thy shadow we shall live among the Gentiles.

Daniel 9:24,26 Seventy weeks are shortened upon thy people, and upon thy holy city, that transgression may be finished, and sin may have an end, and iniquity may be abolished; and everlasting justice may be brought; and vision and prophecy may be fulfilled; and the Saint of saints may be anointed. . . .

Zechariah 13:7 Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that cleaveth to me, saith the Lord of hosts: strike the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn my hand to the little ones.

Acts 1:16 Men, brethren, the scripture must needs be fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost spoke before by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who was the leader of them that apprehended Jesus:

Acts 2:23 This same being delivered up, by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, you by the hands of wicked men have crucified and slain.

Then.

Matthew 26:31 Then Jesus saith to them: All you shall be scandalized in me this night. For it is written: I will strike the shepherd: and the sheep of the flock shall be dispersed.

Mark 14:50-52 Then his disciples, leaving him, all fled away. . . .

John 16:32 Behold, the hour cometh, and it is now come, that you shall be scattered every man to his own and shall leave me alone. And yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.

John 18:8,9,15,16 Jesus answered: I have told you that I am he. If therefore you seek me, let these go their way, . . .

2 Timothy 4:16 At my first answer, no man stood with me: but all forsook me. May it not be laid to their charge!

Context
The Betrayal of Jesus
55In that same hour, Jesus said to the multitudes: You are come out, as it were to a robber, with swords and clubs to apprehend me. I sat daily with you, teaching in the temple: and you laid not hands on me. 56Now all this was done that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then the disciples, all leaving him, fled. 57But they holding Jesus led him to Caiphas the high priest, where the scribes and the ancients were assembled.…
Cross References
Matthew 21:42
Jesus saith to them: Have you never read in the Scriptures: The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner? By the Lord this has been done; and it is wonderful in our eyes.

Matthew 26:24
The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him. But woe to that man by whom the Son of man shall be betrayed. It were better for him, if that man had not been born.

Matthew 26:55
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