The import of the Mark/Matt citation is that since Jesus the caring shepherd who brought the flock into being is to be struck down,27 the sheep will no longer receive his care and will be scattered. For “scatter” John uses skorpizein; Mark/Matt uses diaskorpizein (late Greek with the connotation “scatter about”). While this reading does not agree with the majority LXX tradition (ekspan, “draw out”), we are not certain whether “scatter” represents an independent Christian rendering of the Hebrew or
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