Study Desk

After Martha said this, she went back and talked to her sister Mary alone. Martha said, "The Teacher is here and he is asking for you."

You don't realize that it is better for one man to die for the people than for the whole nation to be destroyed."

Caiaphas did not think of this himself. As high priest that year, he was really prophesying that Jesus would die for their nation

and for God's scattered children to bring them all together and make them one.

It was almost time for the Passover Feast. Many from the country went up to Jerusalem before the Passover to do the special things to make themselves pure.

The people looked for Jesus and stood in the Temple asking each other, "Is he coming to the Feast? What do you think?"

There they had a dinner for Jesus. Martha served the food, and Lazarus was one of the people eating with Jesus.

Jesus answered, "Leave her alone. It was right for her to save this perfume for today, the day for me to be prepared for burial.

The next day a great crowd who had come to Jerusalem for the Passover Feast heard that Jesus was coming there.

So the Pharisees said to each other, "You can see that nothing is going right for us. Look! The whole world is following him."

Jesus said to them, "The time has come for the Son of Man to receive his glory.

Jesus said, "That voice was for your sake, not mine.

Now is the time for the world to be judged; now the ruler of this world will be thrown down.

Then Jesus said, "The light will be with you for a little longer, so walk while you have the light. Then the darkness will not catch you. If you walk in the darkness, you will not know where you are going.

But many believed in Jesus, even many of the leaders. But because of the Pharisees, they did not say they believed in him for fear they would be put out of the synagogue.

There is a judge for those who refuse to believe in me and do not accept my words. The word I have taught will be their judge on the last day.

It was almost time for the Passover Feast. Jesus knew that it was time for him to leave this world and go back to the Father. He had always loved those who were his own in the world, and he loved them all the way to the end.

When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and sat down again. He asked, "Do you understand what I have just done for you?

I did this as an example so that you should do as I have done for you.

Since he was the one who kept the money box, some of the followers thought Jesus was telling him to buy what was needed for the feast or to give something to the poor.