John 13:7

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Jesus answered him, 'What I am doing you do not understand now, but afterward you will understand.'

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  • John 12:16 : 16 At first, His disciples did not understand these things. But when Jesus was glorified, they remembered that these things had been written about Him and that they had done these things to Him.
  • Dan 12:12 : 12 Blessed is the one who waits and reaches the end of the one thousand three hundred and thirty-five days.
  • Hab 2:1-3 : 1 I will stand at my watch post and station myself on the rampart; I will wait to see what He will say to me and what I will answer regarding my complaint. 2 Then the LORD answered me and said: Write down the vision and make it plain on tablets so that a runner may read it clearly. 3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it may delay, wait for it, for it will surely come and will not be late.
  • Jer 32:24-25 : 24 Look! Siege ramps have arrived to take the city, and it is handed over to the Chaldeans who are fighting against it because of the sword, the famine, and the plague. What You have spoken has come to pass, and You see it happening. 25 Yet You, O Lord GOD, said to me, 'Buy the field with silver and call witnesses,' even though the city is handed over to the Chaldeans.
  • Jer 32:43 : 43 Fields will once again be purchased in this land about which you are saying, 'It is a desolate place without man or beast; it has been handed over to the Chaldeans.'
  • Dan 12:8 : 8 I heard but did not understand. So I asked, "My lord, what will be the outcome of these things?"
  • John 13:10-12 : 10 Jesus said to him, 'Whoever has bathed needs only to wash their feet, but is otherwise completely clean. And you are clean, though not all of you.' 11 For He knew who was going to betray Him, and that is why He said, 'Not all of you are clean.' 12 When He had washed their feet, put on His outer clothing, and reclined again, He said to them, 'Do you understand what I have done for you?'
  • John 13:36 : 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.'
  • John 14:26 : 26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and remind you of everything I have said to you.
  • Jas 5:7-9 : 7 Therefore, be patient, brothers and sisters, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient for it until it receives the early and late rains. 8 You too must be patient. Strengthen your hearts, because the coming of the Lord is near. 9 Do not grumble against one another, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be judged. Look, the Judge is standing at the door. 10 Take, my brothers and sisters, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord as an example of suffering and patience. 11 See, we consider those who have endured to be blessed. You have heard of Job's perseverance and have seen the Lord's outcome—that the Lord is very compassionate and merciful.

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  • John 13:8-15
    8 verses
    84%

    8Peter said to Him, 'You will never wash my feet!' Jesus answered, 'If I do not wash you, you have no share with Me.'

    9Simon Peter said to Him, 'Lord, not only my feet but also my hands and my head!'

    10Jesus said to him, 'Whoever has bathed needs only to wash their feet, but is otherwise completely clean. And you are clean, though not all of you.'

    11For He knew who was going to betray Him, and that is why He said, 'Not all of you are clean.'

    12When He had washed their feet, put on His outer clothing, and reclined again, He said to them, 'Do you understand what I have done for you?'

    13'You call Me Teacher and Lord, and you are right, because I am.'

    14If I, then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet.

    15For I have given you an example, so that you also should do just as I have done for you.

  • John 13:3-6
    4 verses
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    3Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come from God and was going back to God,

    4got up from the meal, laid aside His outer clothing, and took a towel, tying it around Himself.

    5Then He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet and to dry them with the towel He had tied around Himself.

    6He came to Simon Peter, who said to Him, 'Lord, are You going to wash my feet?'

  • John 13:36-38
    3 verses
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    36Simon 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.'

    37'Lord,' Peter asked, 'why can't I follow You now? I will lay down my life for You!'

    38Jesus replied, 'Will you really lay down your life for Me? Truly, truly, I tell you, a rooster will not crow until you deny Me three times.'

  • John 13:24-28
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    24So Simon Peter motioned to him to ask Jesus who it was He was talking about.

    25Leaning back against Jesus, he asked, 'Lord, who is it?'

    26Jesus answered, 'It is the one to whom I will give the piece of bread after I have dipped it.' And having dipped the piece of bread, He gave it to Judas, Simon Iscariot's son.

    27After the piece of bread, Satan entered him. So Jesus told him, 'What you’re about to do, do quickly.'

    28But no one at the table understood why He said this to him.

  • John 3:10-11
    2 verses
    74%

    10Jesus replied, 'You are a teacher of Israel, and yet you do not understand these things?

    11Truly, truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, but you do not accept our testimony.

  • John 14:7
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    7If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on, you know him and have seen him.

  • John 13:33
    73%

    33'Little children, I am with you only a little while longer. You will look for Me, and just as I told the Jews, so now I tell you: Where I am going, you cannot come.'

  • John 13:17-19
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    17If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them.

    18I am not speaking about all of you. I know those I have chosen. But this is so that the Scripture may be fulfilled: 'The one who eats bread with Me has lifted up his heel against Me.'

    19I am telling you this now before it happens, so that when it does happen, you may believe that I am He.

  • John 16:16-19
    4 verses
    72%

    16A little while, and you will no longer see me; and again a little while, and you will see me, because I am going to the Father.

    17Then some of his disciples said to one another, 'What does he mean by saying, “A little while and you will no longer see me; and again a little while and you will see me,” and “because I am going to the Father”?'

    18They said, 'What does he mean by “a little while”? We do not know what he is talking about.'

    19Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him, so he said to them, 'Are you discussing among yourselves what I meant when I said, “A little while and you will no longer see me; and again a little while and you will see me”?'

  • John 16:30-31
    2 verses
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    30'Now we know that you know all things and do not need anyone to question you. This is why we believe that you came from God.'

    31Jesus answered them, 'Do you now believe?'

  • John 14:4-5
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    4And you know the way to the place where I am going.

    5Thomas said to him, 'Lord, we do not know where you are going, so how can we know the way?'

  • John 13:1
    71%

    1Now, before the Passover festival, Jesus, knowing that His hour had come to depart from this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, loved them to the very end.

  • John 14:31
    71%

    31But so that the world may know that I love the Father, I do exactly as the Father commanded me. Rise, let us go from here.

  • John 14:22
    70%

    22Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, 'Lord, how is it that you are going to reveal yourself to us, and not to the world?'

  • John 21:21-22
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    21When Peter saw him, he asked Jesus, 'Lord, what about him?'

    22Jesus said to him, 'If I want him to remain until I come, what is that to you? You follow me!'

  • John 21:18-19
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    70%

    18'Truly, truly, I tell you, when you were younger, you dressed yourself and walked where you wanted; but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and lead you where you do not want to go.'

    19Jesus said this to indicate the kind of death by which Peter would glorify God. Then he said to him, 'Follow me.'

  • John 8:55
    70%

    55Yet you do not know him, but I know him. If I were to say I do not know him, I would be a liar like you. But I know him and I keep his word.

  • John 8:14
    70%

    14Jesus answered, "Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, because I know where I came from and where I am going. But you do not know where I come from or where I am going.

  • John 8:19
    70%

    19Then they asked him, "Where is your Father?" Jesus answered, "You know neither me nor my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father also."

  • John 13:31
    70%

    31When Judas had left, Jesus said, 'Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in Him.'

  • John 9:37
    70%

    37Jesus said to him, 'You have seen Him, and it is He who is speaking with you.'

  • John 14:9
    69%

    9Jesus said to him, 'Philip, have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?'

  • John 16:5
    69%

    5But now I am going to the one who sent me, and none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’

  • John 7:36
    69%

    36What does He mean when He said, ‘You will look for Me, but you will not find Me,’ and ‘Where I am, you cannot come’?”