(1) PViennaG
2325
(2a) Mark 14:26-31 = Matt 26:30-35;
(2b) John 13:36-38
(3) Luke 22:31-34
(4) Barn 5:12
(1) PViennaG 2325 (Fayyum Fragment)
... while he was going out, he said, "This night you will all fall away, as it is written, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered." When Peter said, "Even though all, not I," Jesus said, "Before the cock crows twice, you will this deny me three times. [Sayings Parallels, #463]
(2) Passion Narrative
(2a) Mark 14:26-31
/26/ When they had sung the hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives. /27/ And Jesus said to them, "You will all become deserters; for it is written, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.' /28/ But after I am raised up, I will go before you to Galilee." /29/ Peter said to him, "Even though all become deserters, I will not." /30/ Jesus said to him, "Truly I tell you, this day, this very night, before the cock crows twice, you will deny me three times." /31/ But he said vehemently, "Even though I must die with you, I will not deny you." And all of them said the same.
= Matt 26:30-35
/30/ When they had sung the hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives. /31/ Then Jesus said to them, "You will all become deserters because of me this night; for it is written, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.' /32/ But after I am raised up, I will go ahead of you to Galilee." /33/ Peter said to him, "Though all become deserters because of you, I will never desert you." /34/ Jesus said to him, "Truly I tell you, this very night, before the cock crows, you will deny me three times." /35/ Peter said to him, "Even though I must die with you, I will not deny you." And so said all the disciples.
(2b) John 13:36-38/36/ Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, where are you going?" Jesus answered, "Where I am going, you cannot follow me now; but you will follow afterward." /37/ Peter said to him, "Lord, why can I not follow you now? I will lay down my life for you." /38/ Jesus answered, "Will you lay down your life for me? Very truly, I tell you, before the cock crows, you will have denied me three times.
(3) Luke 22:31-34
/31/ "Simon, Simon, listen! Satan has demanded to sift all of you like wheat, /32/ but I have prayed for you that your own faith may not fail; and you, when once you have turned back, strengthen your brothers." /33/ And he said to him, "Lord, I am ready to go with you to prison and to death!" /34/ Jesus said, "I tell you, Peter, the cock will not crow this day, until you have denied three times that you know me."
(4) Barn 5:12
For God saith, "The stroke of his flesh is from them;" and "when I shall smite the Shepherd, then the sheep of the flock shall be scattered." [ANF]
John Dominic Crossan
Item: 25
Attestation : Multiple
Stratum : I (30-60 CE)
Historicity : -
Gerd Luedemann
Luedemann [Jesus, 97f] notes that this scene has been created by Mark. It is part of Mark literary design to link the betrayal and flight, along with the Galilee appearance, in the divine foreknowledge of Jesus.
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Item
Source
JS Mtg
%Red
%Pink
%Gray
%Black
W Avg
Color Fayyum Frag
317
K, J
87Sal
0
0
16
84
0.05
Black Mark 14:26-31
317
K, J
87Sal
0
4
20
76
0.09
Black Matt 26:30-35
317
K, J
87Sal
0
0
24
76
0.08
Black Luke 22:31-34
317
K, J
87Sal
0
0
24
76
0.08
Black John 13:36,38
317
K, J
87Sal
0
0
16
85
0.05
Black
In his discussion of Simon Peter [Marginal Jew III,221-245], Meier gives some attention to the Lucan version of this saying. After noting that this form of the tradition is unique to Luke, exhibits characteristic Lucan interests (such as a reduction in the negative tone of Peter's treatment by Mark), and "sketches in a nutshell the entire career of Peter through the rest of the Gospel and into Acts" [III, 242], Meier offers the opinion that Luke 2:31-32 is a creation of Luke rather than something he took from older tradition.
Presumably Meier will consider the non-Lucan forms of this cluster when his project gets to the passion narrative.
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