‘Where I go you cannot come’

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God, Gospel of John, Holy Week, Jesus, John, Joos van Cleve, Judas, Judas Iscariot, Peter, Saint Peter

April 3, 2012 is Tuesday of the Holy Week. The reading is from Gospel of John 13:21-33, 36-38

Announcement of Judas’s Betrayal – John 13:21-33

The Last Supper by Joos van Cleve (1485-1540)

When he had said this, Jesus was deeply troubled and testified, “Amen, amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me.”

The disciples looked at one another, at a loss as to whom he meant. One of his disciples, the one whom Jesus loved, was reclining at Jesus’ side. So Simon Peter nodded to him to find out whom he meant.

He leaned back against Jesus’ chest and said to him, “Master, who is it?”

Jesus answered, “It is the one to whom I hand the morsel after I have dipped it.”

So he dipped the morsel and [took it and] handed it to Judas, son of Simon the Iscariot. After he took the morsel, Satan entered him.

So Jesus said to him, “What you are going to do, do quickly.”

[Now] none of those reclining at table realized why he said this to him. Some thought that since Judas kept the money bag, Jesus had told him, “Buy what we need for the feast,” or to give something to the poor. So he took the morsel and left at once. And it was night.

When he had left, Jesus said, “Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him. [If God is glorified in him,] God will also glorify him in himself, and he will glorify him at once. My children, I will be with you only a little while longer. You will look for me, and as I told the Jews, ‘Where I go you cannot come,’ so now I say it to you.

Peter’s Denial Predicted – John 13:36-38

Sixth century mosaic of Peter's denial

Simon Peter said to him, “Master, where are you going?”

Jesus answered [him], “Where I am going, you cannot follow me now, though you will follow later.”

Peter said to him, “Master, why can’t I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.”

Jesus answered, “Will you lay down your life for me? Amen, amen, I say to you, the cock will not crow before you deny me three times.