Study Desk

Isaiah said these things because he saw his glory and spoke about him.

I know that his command is eternal life.

Before the Passover Festival, Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.

Jesus knew that the Father had given everything into his hands, that he had come from God, and that he was going back to God.

So he got up from supper, laid aside his outer clothing, took a towel, and tied it around himself.

Next, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet and to dry them with the towel tied around him.

When Jesus had washed their feet and put on his outer clothing, he reclined again and said to them, “Do you know what I have done for you?

“Truly I tell you, a servant is not greater than his master,

When Jesus had said this, he was troubled in his spirit and testified, “Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me.”

One of his disciples, the one Jesus loved, was reclining close beside Jesus.

If you keep my commands you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love.

No one has greater love than this: to lay down his life

I do not call you servants anymore, because a servant doesn’t know what his master

Remember the word I spoke to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’

Then some of his disciples said to one another, “What is this he’s telling us: ‘A little while and you will not see me; again a little while and you will see me,’

His disciples said, “Look, now you’re speaking plainly and not using any figurative language.

After Jesus had said these things, he went out with his disciples across the Kidron Valley, where there was a garden, and he and his disciples went into it.

Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the place, because Jesus often met there with his disciples.

Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it, struck the high priest’s servant, and cut off his right ear. (The servant’s name was Malchus.)

The high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and about his teaching.