In today's passage Judas (not Iscariot, as John tells us) chimes in. That makes it a quartet of questioners standing in for us and prompting further explanations from Jesus.
But the discourse is winding down, and Jesus attempts to prepare the Disciples for what is to come.
And now I have told you this before it occurs, so that when it does occur, you may believe. I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no power over me; but I do as the Father has commanded me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Rise, let us be on our way. (14:29-31)The time for questions is over. The explanations are done. It is time to face the trials to come. Unlike us, however, the Disciples remain pretty much clueless. And maybe that's a good thing.
Imagine for a moment what might have happened if the Disciples fully understood that Jesus was about to be crucified. Perhaps they would have spirited him away someplace. Maybe they would have made an armed defense. The story could just as easily have become one of the expected temporal, military Messiah. And then what would our Scriptures have looked like?
Instead, they followed Jesus.
Rise, let us be on our way.
Peace,
Jeffri
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