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Chapters eighteen and nineteen cover approximately eighteen hours, from Jesus’ arrest in the garden to his death and burial. Possibly trying to show the rushed way it happened, John only briefly mentioned a series of seven events that happened in a matter of fewer than twelve hours. First, in an amazing display of sovereignty, Jesus […]
Chapter seventeen is one of the greatest chapters in the entire Bible. Approaching Gethsemane after the Upper Room Discourse Jesus spent time alone in prayer. Although the Synoptics record only that he prayed for God’s will and that he had asked the apostles to join him from a distance, only John gives the actual prayer Jesus
Chapter sixteen concludes this discourse with final encouragements for the apostles. Jesus said that he specifically told them these things, rather than just letting them happen, “so that you will not fall away” (John 16:1). No matter what situation they faced, they would have the indwelling Holy Spirit and the promise of the coming Savior
