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Of the three authentic references above, the first two are expressly presented as responses by [[Jesus]] to his opponents, who would pretend to rely on Scriptures.  That is the same as hoisting someone on his own petard, as [[Shakespeare]] famously said.

Of the three authentic references above, the first two are expressly presented as responses by [[Jesus]] to his opponents, who would pretend to rely on Scriptures.  That is the same as hoisting someone on his own petard, as [[Shakespeare]] famously said.

That leaves Mark 14:49 as the only outright embrace of a fulfillment of Scriptures in the [[Gospel of Mark]], and it does not stand as a complete sentence as it is in the similar rendition in the [[Gospel of Matthew]] at {{bibleref|Matthew|26|56}}.

That leaves Mark 14:49 as the only outright embrace of a fulfillment of Scriptures in the [[Gospel of Mark]], and it does not stand as a complete sentence as it is in the similar rendition in the [[Gospel of Matthew]] at {{bibleref|Matthew|26|56}}.  

The Greek at {{bibleref|Mark|14|49}} is incomplete: πληρωθῶσιν αἱ γραφαί, which literally (and in completely in grammar) means "fulfilled the writing."

The Greek at {{bibleref|Mark|14|49}} is incomplete: πληρωθῶσιν αἱ γραφαί, which literally (and in completely in grammar) means "fulfilled the writing." Every English translation of this phrase adds multiple words, as in "But let the scriptures be fulfilled."<ref>https://tips.translation.bible/tip_verse/mark-1449/</ref>

Some versions do not translate the word as "Scriptures", but as "prophecies" or "holy writings" or even as "Tanakh".<ref>https://www.biblegateway.com/verse/en/Mark%2014:49</ref>

Some versions do not translate the word as "Scriptures", but as "prophecies" or "holy writings" or even as "Tanakh".<ref>https://www.biblegateway.com/verse/en/Mark%2014:49</ref>