John 13:1
It was now just before the Passover Feast, and Jesus knew that His hour had come to leave this world and return to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the very end.
2 The evening meal was underway, and the devil had already put into the heart of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus.
3 Jesus knew that the Father had delivered all things into His hands, and that He had come from God and was returning to God.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- It was now just before the Passover Feast, and Jesus knew that His hour had come to leave this world and return to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the very end.
- 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.
- WEB
- Now before the feast of the Passover, Jesus, knowing that his time had come that he would depart from this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.
- ASV
- Now before the feast of the passover, Jesus knowing that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto his Father, having loved his own that were in the world, he loved them unto the end.
- DARBY
- Now before the feast of the passover, Jesus, knowing that his hour had come that he should depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, loved them to the end.
- BLB
- Now before the feast of the Passover, Jesus knowing that His hour had come, that He would depart out of this world to the Father, having loved [His] own who [were] in the world, He loved them to the end.
- ÅB
- Men før påskehøytiden, da Jesus visste at hans time var kommet da han skulle gå bort fra denne verden til Faren - slik som han hadde elsket sine egne, som var i verden, så elsket han dem inntil enden.
- OTB
- Før påskefesten visste Jesus at hans time var kommet til å forlate denne verden og gå til Faderen. Etter å ha elsket sine egne som var i verden, elsket han dem til det siste.
- B1930
- Men før påskehøitiden, da Jesus visste at hans time var kommet da han skulde gå bort fra denne verden til Faderen - likesom han hadde elsket sine egne, som var i verden, så elsket han dem inntil enden.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 12:23
But Jesus replied, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.
Read in context1 John 4:19
We love because He first loved us.
Read in contextJohn 13:34
A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.
Read in contextJohn 13:3
Jesus knew that the Father had delivered all things into His hands, and that He had come from God and was returning to God.
Read in contextJohn 16:28
I came from the Father and entered the world. In turn, I will leave the world and go to the Father.”
Read in contextRevelation 1:5
and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood,
Read in contextJohn 18:4
Jesus, knowing all that was coming upon Him, stepped forward and asked them, “Whom are you seeking?”
Read in contextJohn 17:16
They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
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