Chapters thirteen through seventeen have almost no parallel in the Synoptics. With the exception of the Passover meal itself and Jesusā prophecy that Peter would deny him (John 13:21-38), the rest of this exceptional section is found only in John. At some point during the Passover meal, Jesus prepared himself to wash the feet of his […]
Chapter twelve records the final pieces of Jesusā public ministry. The Passion Week that the Synoptics unpacked in multiple chapters each, John limited to this one chapter, because his focus would be on Jesusā time with his disciples, which the other writers mostly panned. It was also John who helped solidify the chronology of the
Chapter eleven is not specifically dated, but it took place during the four months between the feast of the Dedication and the following Passover (John 12:1). Jesus was still āhiding outā on the other side of the Jordan River when he received word that his dear friend Lazarus was deathly ill (John 11:1-16). Rather than
