John 13:1-19 Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world to the Father… 1. It was the hour of His departure. "Jesus knew that His hour was come that He should depart out of this world unto His Father." Such was His death, even though it was the death of the Cross, "a departure." 2. It was the hour of His love. If He rejoiced in the thought of departing to be with the Father, there was also a strain upon His heart at the thought of leaving His disciples, whom, "having loved as His own in the world, He loved to the end," that is, "to the uttermost." 3. It was the hour of His betrayal. What a frightful contrast is here l In this hour, when His Divine heart was swelling nigh unto bursting with the intensity and vehemence of His love, there was one of their number whose heart was filled with a devilish purpose of betrayal. 4. It was the hour of His supreme and sublime self-consciousness — "Knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He came forth from God, and was going back to God." 5. The hour of His lowly service to His disciples. (G. F. Pentecost.) That He should depart out of this world unto the Father. — He came from God, and yet not leaving Him, and He goeth to God not leaving us. ( St. Bernard.) Having loved His own which were in the world. — Parallel Verses KJV: Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end. |
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