John 13:36
Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, where are you going?” Jesus answered, “Where I am going, you cannot follow me now, but you will follow later.”
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In Context
35By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love one for another.”
37Peter said to him, “Lord, why can I not follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.”
Cross References
John 14:2In the house of my Father are many rooms. If it were not so, I would have told you, for I am going to prepare a place for you.
John 16:17Then some of his disciples said to one another, “What is this that he says to us, 'A short amount of time you will no longer see me and after another short amount of time you will see me,' and, 'Because I go to the Father'?”
John 21:21Peter saw him and then said to Jesus, “Lord, what will this man do?”
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 →