John 14:31
No, I do what my father tells me to do. I do that so that the people of this world can know that I love my father.” Then Jesus said to his followers, “Come on, get up, and let’s leave this place.”
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John 10:18You see, nobody is forcing me to die, but I’m going to die for my people because I want to do it. My father gives me the power to do it, and he also gives me the power to come back to life again. And he told me to do both of those things.”
John 12:49You see, the words I said to you are not just mine. The father told me what to say, and he sent me here to tell you his message.
John 18:1After Jesus talked to his father, he and his special workers left the house. They went across the creek called Kidron, and they went to a garden.
Philippians 2:8And then he made himself even less important. He did everything that God wanted him to do, he even died. He let people nail him to a cross and kill him.
Matthew Henry on John 14:29-31
Christ's Consolatory Discourse. 28 Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I. 29 And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe. 30 Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me. 31 But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I… Read the whole commentary →