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But a time is coming — indeed it has come already — when you will be scattered, each one looking out for himself; and you will leave me all alone. Yet I am not alone; because the Father is with me.

"I am praying for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given to me, because they are yours.

When I was with them, I guarded them by the power of your name, which you have given to me; yes, I kept watch over them; and not one of them was destroyed (except the one meant for destruction, so that the Tanakh might be fulfilled).

Set them apart for holiness by means of the truth — your word is truth.

On their behalf I am setting myself apart for holiness, so that they too may be set apart for holiness by means of the truth.

"I pray not only for these, but also for those who will trust in me because of their word,

(It was Kayafa who had advised the Judeans that it would be good for one man to die on behalf of the people.)

However, you have a custom that at Passover I set one prisoner free. Do you want me to set free for you the ‘king of the Jews'?"

it was about noon on Preparation Day for Pesach. He said to the Judeans, "Here's your king!"

When the soldiers had nailed Yeshua to the stake, they took his clothes and divided them into four shares, a share for each soldier, with the under-robe left over. Now the under-robe was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom;

so they said to one another, "We shouldn't tear it in pieces; let's draw for it." This happened in order to fulfill the words from the Tanakh, "They divided my clothes among themselves and gambled for my robe." This is why the soldiers did these things.

For these things happened in order to fulfill this passage of the Tanakh: "Not one of his bones will be broken."

So, because it was Preparation Day for the Judeans, and because the tomb was close by, that is where they buried Yeshua.

Then Kefa and the other talmid started for the tomb.

Yeshua said to her, "Lady, why are you crying? Whom are you looking for?" Thinking he was the gardener, she said to him, "Sir, if you're the one who carried him away, just tell me where you put him; and I'll go and get him myself."

The talmid Yeshua loved said to Kefa, "It's the Lord!" On hearing it was the Lord, Shim‘on Kefa threw on his coat, because he was stripped for work, and plunged into the lake;

but the other talmidim followed in the boat, dragging the net full of fish; for they weren't far from shore, only about a hundred yards.

At one of these gatherings, he instructed them not to leave Yerushalayim but to wait for "what the Father promised, which you heard about from me.

For Yochanan used to immerse people in water; but in a few days, you will be immersed in the Ruach HaKodesh!"

"Brothers, the Ruach HaKodesh spoke in advance through David about Y'hudah, and these words of the Tanakh had to be fulfilled. He was guide for those who arrested Yeshua —