John 13:36
Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, where are yoʋ going?” Jesus answered him, “Yoʋ cannot follow me now to the place where I am going, but afterward yoʋ will follow me.”
Text-Critical English NT
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In Context
35By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
37Peter said to him, “Lord, why can I not follow yoʋ now? I will lay down my life for yoʋ.”
Cross References
John 14:2In my Father's house there are many rooms. If it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you.
John 16:17Then some of his disciples said to one another, “What does he mean by saying to us, ‘In a little while you will not see me; and again after a little while, you will see me,’ and, ‘for I am going to the Father’?”
John 21:21When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, “Lord, what about him?”
Matthew Henry on John 13:32-36
Christ's Departure Predicted. 31 Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him. 32 If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in himself, and shall straightway glorify him. 33 Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say to you. 34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. 35 By… Read the whole commentary →