49 STRIKING SHEPHERD THE verb, then subject 30, a preference that may have been strengthened by the expansion of the subject 31. The other change, the addition of thv poımnhv, is more com- ˜ ¥ plex : in this case, one could be inclined to think of use, by Mat- thew, of a different biblical text, because the A-text of Zech 13,7 LXX reads: patajon ton poimena, kaù diaskorpisuhsontai ta ¥ ù ¥ ı ¥ ù probata thv poımnhv. However, this text is under the suspicion ¥ ˜ ¥ of having been adapted (albeit not completely) to Matthew’s ver- sion of the quotation, and it is difficult to explain the presence of the words thv poımnhv in LXX A if they do not come from Mat- ˜ ¥ thew. The question becomes then: is the addition explicable in Matthew ? To my mind, it is 32. The addition of “of the flock” sug- gests that Matthew distinguishes between two kinds of sheep: those that belong to the flock, and those that do not. Jesus’ disciples are the sheep that belong to the flock; the sheep that do not belong to the flock are those Jews whom the Matthean Jesus characterizes as “sheep without a shepherd” (9,36) or as “the lost sheep of the house of Israel” (10,6; 15,24) 33. In Matthew’s view, Jesus’ disciples are the core of a flock that has to be gathered and to which Gentiles will also belong. The addition of thv poımnhv to the quotation ˜ ¥ makes clear that at this crucial moment even the disciples, who al- ready belong to Jesus’ flock, will be dispersed. The addition may come from, and have been legitimated by, analogous texts such as Isa 40,11 or Ezek 34,12.31. Evangelist (BETL 173; Leuven 2004) 205-225, 239-251, 255-278. On Matt 26,31 in particular, see pp. 221-222. See F. BLASS – A. DEBRUNNER, Grammatik des neutestamentlichen 30 Griechisch (ed. F. REHKOPF) (Göttingen 161984) §472,1; N. TURNER, Syntax, vol. 3 of J.H. MOULTON, A Grammar of New Testament Greek (Edinburgh 1963) 347-348. Some comparable instances: Matt 15,19 diff. Mark 7,21; Matt 22,27 diff. Mark 12,22; Matt 26,13 diff. Mark 14,9. See M.-J. LAGRANGE, Évangile selon saint Matthieu (EB ; Paris 1923) 31 499. For a similar argument, see P. FOSTER, “The Use of Zechariah in Mat- 32 thew’s Gospel”, Book of Zechariah (ed. TUCKETT) 65-85, esp. 79-80. Matthew is clearly more interested than Mark in the imagery of shepherd 33 and sheep. See, apart from our quotation and the other Matthean texts just men- tioned, Matt 2,6; 7,15; 10,16; 12,11-12; 18,12-13; 25,32-33. On the side of Mark there is only 6,34 (// Matt 9,36).