Study Desk

So they gave a supper for Him there. Martha was serving, and Lazarus was one of those reclining at the table with Him.

So Jesus said, "Let her alone, so that she may keep [the rest of] it for the day of My burial.

So the chief priests planned to kill Lazarus also,

So the people, who were with Him when He called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead, continued to tell others about Him.

So Jesus said to them, "The Light is among you [only] a little while longer. Walk while you have the Light [keep on living by it], so that darkness will not overtake you. He who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going [he is drifting aimlessly].

"While you have the Light, believe and trust in the Light [have faith in it, hold on to it, rely on it], so that you may become sons of Light [being filled with Light as followers of God]." Jesus said these things, and then He left and hid Himself from them.

Even though He had done so many signs (attesting miracles) right before them, yet they still did not believe and failed to trust Him—

"I have come as Light into the world, so that everyone who believes and trusts in Me [as Savior—all those who anchor their hope in Me and rely on the truth of My message] will not continue to live in darkness.

"I know that His commandment is eternal life. So the things I speak, I speak [in accordance with His exact instruction,] just as the Father has told Me."

So when He had washed their feet and put on His [outer] robe and reclined at the table again, He said to them, "Do you understand what I have done for you?

"You call Me Teacher and Lord, and you are right in doing so, for that is who I am.

"So if I, the Lord and the Teacher, washed your feet, you ought to wash one another's feet as well.

"For I gave you [this as] an example, so that you should do [in turn] as I did to you.

"From now on I am telling you [what will happen] before it occurs, so that when it does take place you may believe that I am He [who I say I am—the Christ, the Anointed, the Messiah].

So Simon Peter motioned to him (John) and [quietly] asked [him to ask Jesus] of whom He was speaking.

Jesus answered, "It is the one to whom I am going to give this piece [of bread] after I have dipped it." So when He had dipped the piece of bread [into the dish], He gave it to Judas, son of Simon Iscariot.

So when Judas had left, Jesus said, "Now is [the time for] the Son of Man [to be] glorified, and God is glorified in Him;

"Little children, I am with you [only] a little longer. You will look for Me and, as I told the Jews, so I tell you now, 'Where I am going, you are not able to come.'

"I am giving you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, so you too are to love one another.

"In My Father's house are many dwelling places. If it were not so, I would have told you, because I am going there to prepare a place for you.