Jesus continues His goodbyes to His disciples. They are still confused as to His meaning. But that doesn’t stop Him from giving them this enormous promise. The promise of a Comforter who will be with them always. When I first started reading this the words, “I will not leave you as orphans” (verse 18a) jumped […]
Jesus is continuing to share His last words with His disciples. They don’t understand that He is saying goodbye to them. He is preparing them for their future. He’s not focusing on the immediate but eternal future. Jesus just told His disciples that He was going somewhere they couldn’t go and that they wouldn’t be […]
We are still with Jesus and His disciples during their last meal together. Jesus has just told His disciples that they can’t go where He is going. Peter, as usual, has something to say about that. In so many places in the gospels we hear how Peter is the first to say something, and then […]
Jesus gets down to business after Judas leaves. He only has a little time left and He wants to leave His disciples with some important instructions. Yes, we know He will be back, but right now He wants to impress upon these men something VERY important. The first thing that He wants them to know […]
We are all sitting down with Jesus and His disciples in the upper room. Jesus had previously washed all His disciples’ feet and now they were enjoying their meal. It was a relaxing time until Jesus brought up another difficult topic. Someone was going to betray Him. First the argument over who was greatest. Then […]