Mark 14:50
And they all forsook him, and fled.
Cross-references
Mark 14:27 predicts the disciples' scattering; here in 14:50 that prophecy is fulfilled as they flee.
In Mark 16:7, the angel calls the disciples back — despite their flight here, they are not cast off but invited to meet the risen Jesus.
In John 16:32, Jesus predicts the disciples will scatter and leave him alone — this is the exact fulfillment seen here.
Zechariah 13:7 prophesies the shepherd struck and sheep scattered — this is exactly what happens as the disciples flee here.
Matthew 26:56 records the same event — the disciples' flight — and connects it to fulfillment of Scripture.
Psalm 38:11 describes friends avoiding the psalmist because of wounds, mirroring the disciples' flight from Jesus in His suffering.
In Psalm 69:20, the psalmist laments finding no comforter — echoing Jesus' abandonment when all disciples flee.
Psalm 88:8 laments that God has taken away closest friends, a strong parallel to the disciples abandoning Jesus here.
In John 18:8, Jesus secures the disciples' release — yet here they flee, contrasting his protective care with their desertion.
In 2 Timothy 4:16, Paul describes being deserted by all — mirroring Jesus' abandonment here, both respond with forgiveness.
Psalm 88:18 also laments the loss of friend and neighbor, reinforcing the theme of abandonment seen in the disciples' flight.