Zec 13:7, Mat 26:24, 53-54, Mar 14:21, Act 2:23, 4:25-28, 13:27-28 | ESV | STEP | Awake , O sword , against my shepherd , against the man who stands next to me , declares the Lord of hosts . Strike the shepherd , and the sheep will be scattered ; I will turn my hand against the little ones .

sCited from Ps. 2:1, 2

t ver. 5

u ch. 10:38; Luke 4:18; Heb. 1:9; [Dan. 9:24; Rev. 11:15]

w ver. 30

aaSee Matt. 20:19

adSee ch. 2:23

ae[2 Cor. 3:14, 15]; See ch. 3:17

af ver. 15; [ch. 15:21]

agSee Luke 24:20, 26, 27, 44

ah[Mark 14:55; Luke 23:22]

ai ch. 2:23; 3:14, 15; Luke 23:23

Zechariah 13:7

The Shepherd Struck

7 “Awake, O sword, against ^amy shepherd,
against the man who stands next to me,”

declares the Lord of hosts.
^b“Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered;
I will turn my hand against the little ones.

Matthew 26:24

24 The Son of Man goes ^cas it is written of him, but ^dwoe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! ^eIt would have been better for that man if he had not been born.”

Matthew 26:53-54

53 ^fDo you think that I cannot appeal to my Father, and he will at once send me ^gmore than twelve ^hlegions of angels? 54 ⁱBut how then should the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must be so?”

Mark 14:21

21 For the Son of Man goes ^jas it is written of him, but ^kwoe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! ^lIt would have been better for that man if he had not been born.”

Acts 2:23

23 this Jesus, ^{▼▼Greek this one} ⁿdelivered up according to ^othe definite plan and ^pforeknowledge of God, ^qyou crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men.

Acts 4:25-28

25 who through the mouth of our father David, your servant, ^{▼▼Or child; also verses 27, 30} said by the Holy Spirit,

^s“‘Why did the Gentiles rage,
and the peoples plot in vain?
26 The kings of the earth set themselves,
and ^tthe rulers were gathered together,
against the Lord and against his ^uAnointed’ ^{▼▼Or Christ}—
27 for truly in this city there were gathered together against your ^wholy servant Jesus, ^xwhom you anointed, both ^yHerod and ^zPontius Pilate, along ^aawith the Gentiles and ^abthe peoples of Israel, 28 ^acto do whatever your hand and ^adyour plan had predestined to take place.

Acts 13:27-28

27 For those who live in Jerusalem and their rulers, because ^aethey did not recognize him nor understand ^afthe utterances of the prophets, which are read every Sabbath, ^agfulfilled them by condemning him. 28 And ^ahthough they found in him no guilt worthy of death, ^aithey asked Pilate to have him executed.