The Source of the Story that says that Jesus has predicted that his Disciples and Peter will deny him

Chapter III

The Sources of the Gospels and the Way of Writing Them

Section IV

The Texts that were attributed directly to the Old Testament in the Gospels

In this section we will examine the texts of the Old Testament that were attributed directly to it, and the Gospels authors said that they have not been fulfilled, and achieved only in Jesus and his time and his generation, to find out what is the truth and the reality of them, and if the Gospels authors have told the truth or not.

18 - The Source of the Story that says that Jesus has predicted that his Disciples and Peter will deny him

Matthew 26:30 And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

Matthew 26:31 Then Jesus said to them, "All of you will be made to stumble because of Me this night, for it is written: ‘I will strike the Shepherd, And the sheep of the flock will be scattered’.

Matthew 26:32 "But after I have been raised, I will go before you to Galilee."

Matthew 26:33 Peter answered and said to Him, "Even if all are made to stumble because of You, I will never be made to stumble."

Matthew 26:34 Jesus said to him, "Assuredly, I say to you that this night, before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times."

Matthew 26:35 Peter said to Him, "Even if I have to die with You, I will not deny You!" And so said all the disciples.

Mark 14:26 And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

Mark 14:27 Then Jesus said to them, "All of you will be made to stumble because of Me this night, for it is written: ‘I will strike the Shepherd, And the sheep will be scattered’.

Mark 14:28 "But after I have been raised, I will go before you to Galilee."

Mark 14:29 Peter said to Him, "Even if all are made to stumble, yet I will not be."

Mark 14:30 Jesus said to him, "Assuredly, I say to you that today, even this night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times."

Mark 14:31 But he spoke more vehemently, "If I have to die with You, I will not deny You!" And they all said likewise.

Luke 22:31 And the Lord said, "Simon, Simon! Indeed, Satan has asked for you, that he may sift you as wheat.

Luke 22:32 "But I have prayed for you, that your faith should not fail; and when you have returned to Me, strengthen your brethren."

Luke 22:33 But he said to Him, "Lord, I am ready to go with You, both to prison and to death."

Luke 22:34 Then He said, "I tell you, Peter, the rooster shall not crow this day before you will deny three times that you know Me."

John 13:36 Simon Peter said to Him, "Lord, where are You going?" Jesus answered him, "Where I am going you cannot follow Me now, but you shall follow Me afterward."

John 13:37 Peter said to Him, "Lord, why can I not follow You now? I will lay down my life for Your sake."

John 13:38 Jesus answered him, "Will you lay down your life for My sake? Most assuredly, I say to you, the rooster shall not crow till you have denied Me three times."

These are the texts that mentioned that Jesus has predicted that his disciples and Peter will deny him, and there are several notes on them including the following:

The first is that Matthew and Mark have quoted text from the Old Testament as a reason for this story, or to occurrence of the story, while Luke has not attributed his story to the Old Testament, and wrote different story as we read, and John has not written anything about this story in his Gospel, knowing that he was there at that time as the other Gospels said. So why he did not write this story if already happened or if it has been achieved for it is written: "I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered", and the case with Luke as well, why he wrote different story?!

The second is on the saying of Jesus that he will meet the disciples in Galilee; this contrasts with what is written by John and Luke, because they have written that he met the disciples in Jerusalem, not in Galilee! (John 20:19-29) and (Luke 24:36-49).

However, we must review the text of the Old Testament, which is mentioned in the Book of Zechariah, which is as follows:

Zechariah 13:1 "In that day a fountain shall be opened for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness.

Zechariah 13:2 "It shall be in that day," says the LORD of hosts, "that I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, and they shall no longer be remembered. I will also cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to depart from the land.

Zechariah 13:3 "It shall come to pass that if anyone still prophesies, then his father and mother who begot him will say to him, ‘You shall not live, because you have spoken lies in the name of the LORD’. And his father and mother who begot him shall thrust him through when he prophesies.

Zechariah 13:4 "And it shall be in that day that every prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies; they will not wear a robe of coarse hair to deceive.

Zechariah 13:5 "But he will say, ‘I am no prophet, I am a farmer; for a man taught me to keep cattle from my youth’.

Zechariah 13:6 "And one will say to him, ‘What are these wounds between your arms’? Then he will answer, ‘Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends’.

In these paragraphs the LORD says that in that day (and that day is a reference to what he has talked about in the previous chapter, and John has quoted the paragraph "They shall look on him whom they pierced" from it, as shown in the previous text, because this text is an extension of it) a fountain shall be opened for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness, and He will cut off the names of the idols from the land, and they shall no longer be remembered, and He will also cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to depart from the land, and if anyone still prophesies, then his father and mother will say to him "You shall not live, because you have spoken lies in the name of the LORD", and it shall be in that day that every prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies, then He continues His talking about that day, saying:

Zechariah 13:7 "Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, Against the Man who is My Companion," Says the LORD of hosts. "Strike the Shepherd, And the sheep will be scattered; Then I will turn My hand against the little ones. 

Zechariah 13:8 And it shall come to pass in all the land," Says the LORD, "That two-thirds in it shall be cut off and die, But one- third shall be left in it:

Zechariah 13:9 I will bring the one-third through the fire, Will refine them as silver is refined, And test them as gold is tested. They will call on My name, And I will answer them. I will say, ‘This is My people’; And each one will say, ‘The LORD is my God’."

In these paragraphs the Lord asks the sword to wake up against His shepherd, against the man who is His companion, because He wants to strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; then He will turn His hand against the little ones, and it shall come to pass in all the land that two-thirds in it shall be cut off and die, but one-third shall be left in it, and the LORD will bring the one-third through the fire, will refine them as silver is refined, and test them as gold is tested, and they will call on His name, and He will answer them "this is My people", and each one will say "The LORD is my God".

This is what the text of Zechariah was talking about, and I wonder where is the talking about the disciples' denial of Jesus, or the crucifixion of Jesus?!

Knowing that this text does not apply to Jesus nor the disciples, because he was not shepherd, or ruler in one day throughout his life, even he refused to be king when they tried to make him king over them, and he refused to divide the inheritance between two brothers, as well as he refused to condemn the woman who was caught in adultery, as in the following texts:

John 6:15 Therefore when Jesus perceived that they were about to come and take Him by force to make Him king, He departed again to the mountain by Himself alone.

Luke 12:13 Then one from the crowd said to Him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me."

Luke 12:14 But He said to him, "Man, who made Me a judge or an arbitrator over you?"

John 8:1 But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.

John 8:2 Now early in the morning He came again into the temple, and all the people came to Him; and He sat down and taught them.

John 8:3 Then the scribes and Pharisees brought to Him a woman caught in adultery. And when they had set her in the midst,

John 8:4 they said to Him, "Teacher, this woman was caught in adultery, in the very act.

John 8:5 "Now Moses, in the law, commanded us that such should be stoned. But what do You say?" 

John 8:6 This they said, testing Him, that they might have something of which to accuse Him. But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with His finger, as though He did not hear.

John 8:7 So when they continued asking Him, He raised Himself up and said to them, "He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first."

John 8:8 And again He stooped down and wrote on the ground.

John 8:9 Then those who heard it, being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning with the oldest even to the last. And Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.

John 8:10 When Jesus had raised Himself up and saw no one but the woman, He said to her, "Woman, where are those accusers of yours? Has no one condemned you?"

John 8:11 She said, "No one, Lord." And Jesus said to her, "Neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more."

So where and when was Jesus a shepherd?!

As for the disciples; the text of Zechariah says that two-thirds of the sheep shall be cut off and die, and one-third shall be left, and the LORD will bring the one-third through the fire, will refine them as silver is refined, and test them as gold is tested, and they will call on his name, and He will answer them "This is My people"; and each one will say, "The LORD is my God".

And all these things do not apply to the disciples, because the Gospels did not tell us that two-thirds of them have cut off and died, and all of them did not say that the LORD is their God, because they worship three gods, even if they said that those three is one, yet these three are not the LORD, because the LORD is One, as shown in the first chapter previously!

In addition the text of Zechariah says that the LORD in that day will cut off, or eliminate, destroy, wipe away, remove, erase, get rid and banish, according to Various Versions, the names of the idols, while the disciples and the churches had made millions of them.

Furthermore, it says that the LORD in that day will remove the prophets, while we find that the disciples (and many others) declare themselves as prophets, as is written in the Acts of the Apostles, including the following text:

Act 21:8 On the next day we who were Paul’s companions departed and came to Caesarea, and entered the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with him.

Act 21:9 Now this man had four virgin daughters who prophesied.

Act 21:10 And as we stayed many days, a certain prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.

From all this, shows to us that the Gospels authors did not write their books according to the historical events, which they have seen or heard by trusted sources, but through the texts of the Old Testament, by reformulating them in their stories to bestow a state of holiness, credibility and reliability on the Gospels, away from the reality, and away from the true meaning of those texts, as well as away from the revelation and the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, as is their way or method or approach of writing the Gospels, and this indicates that the law "do not accept the lying and false" applies to this story.