On the way to Galilee

On the way to the Mount of Olives, Jesus quotes the prophet Zechariah: the shepherd is struck down and his flock runs off in all directions. Not one disciple will stumble, he says, but all of them, this very night. He knows it, and he says it without reproach.

In the same breath he makes an appointment. After I am raised, I will go on ahead of you to Galilee. That is where it had begun, among the boats and the nets. He names the meeting place before they even run away. At the empty tomb the angel reminds the women of it.