Cross references

Matthew 26:56

But this has all happened so that the writings of the prophets would be fulfilled.”

Then all the disciples deserted Him and fled.

Matthew 26:56 BSB

Matthew 26:56 has 16 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 10 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Zechariah 13:7 (25 votes) and John 16:32 (10 votes). 38 other verses point back to it. It links with 15 other books, from Genesis 3 to James 1.

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Which verses does Matthew 26:56 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, against the man who is My Companion, declares the LORD of Hosts. Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn My hand against the little ones.

  2. John 16:3210 votes

    “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.

  3. Then everyone deserted Him and fled. One young man who had been following Jesus was wearing a linen cloth around his body. They caught hold of him, …

  4. Then Jesus said to them, “This very night you will all fall away on account of Me. For it is written: ‘I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’

  5. At my first defense, no one stood with me, but everyone deserted me. May it not be charged against them.

  6. But how then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that say it must happen this way?”

  7. The LORD’s anointed, the breath of our life, was captured in their pits. We had said of him, “Under his shadow we will live among the nations.”

  8. The Son of Man will go just as it is written about Him, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed. It would be better for him if he had not been born.”

  9. Now Simon Peter and another disciple were following Jesus. Since that disciple was known to the high priest, he also went with Jesus into the courtyard of the high priest. But Peter stood outside at the door. Then the disciple who was known to the high priest went out and spoke to the doorkeeper, and brought Peter in.

  10. Acts 1:164 votes

    “Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled that the Holy Spirit foretold through the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide for those who arrested Jesus.

  11. Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.

  12. Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and will have nothing. Then the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood, and until the end there will be war; desolations have been decreed.

  13. Acts 2:232 votes
  14. Genesis 3:15-2 votes

Which verses point to Matthew 26:56?

The 10 strongest of 38.