John 13:7

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Jesus replied,“You do not understand what I am doing now, but you will understand after these things.”

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  • John 12:16 : 16 (His disciples did not understand these things when they first happened, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written about him and that these things had happened to him.)
  • Dan 12:12 : 12 Blessed is the one who waits and attains to the 1,335 days.
  • Hab 2:1-3 : 1 I will stand at my watch post; I will remain stationed on the city wall. I will keep watching, so I can see what he says to me and can know how I should answer when he counters my argument. 2 The Lord Assures Habakkuk The LORD responded:“Write down this message! Record it legibly on tablets, so the one who announces it may read it easily. 3 For the message is a witness to what is decreed; it gives reliable testimony about how matters will turn out. Even if the message is not fulfilled right away, wait patiently; for it will certainly come to pass– it will not arrive late.
  • Jer 32:24-25 : 24 Even now siege ramps have been built up around the city in order to capture it. War, starvation, and disease are sure to make the city fall into the hands of the Babylonians who are attacking it. LORD, you threatened that this would happen. Now you can see that it is already taking place. 25 The city is sure to fall into the hands of the Babylonians. Yet, in spite of this, you, Sovereign LORD, have said to me,“Buy that field with silver and have the transaction legally witnessed.”’”
  • Jer 32:43 : 43 You and your people are saying that this land will become desolate, uninhabited by either people or animals. You are saying that it will be handed over to the Babylonians. But fields will again be bought in this land.
  • Dan 12:8 : 8 I heard, but I did not understand. So I said,“Sir, what will happen after these things?”
  • John 13:10-12 : 10 Jesus replied,“The one who has bathed needs only to wash his feet, but is completely clean. And you disciples are clean, but not every one of you.” 11 (For Jesus knew the one who was going to betray him. For this reason he said,“Not every one of you is clean.”) 12 So when Jesus had washed their feet and put his outer clothing back on, he took his place at the table again and 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 replied,“Where I am going, you cannot follow me now, but you will follow later.”
  • John 14:26 : 26 But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything, and will cause you to remember everything I said to you.
  • Jas 5:7-9 : 7 Patience in Suffering So be patient, brothers and sisters, until the Lord’s return. Think of how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the ground and is patient for it until it receives the early and late rains. 8 You also be patient and strengthen your hearts, for the Lord’s return is near. 9 Do not grumble against one another, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be judged. See, the judge stands before the gates! 10 As an example of suffering and patience, brothers and sisters, take the prophets who spoke in the Lord’s name. 11 Think of how we regard as blessed those who have endured. You have heard of Job’s endurance and you have seen the Lord’s purpose, that the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.

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  • John 13:8-15
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    8Peter said to him,“You will never wash my feet!” Jesus replied,“If I do not wash you, you have no share with me.”

    9Simon Peter said to him,“Lord, wash not only my feet, but also my hands and my head!”

    10Jesus replied,“The one who has bathed needs only to wash his feet, but is completely clean. And you disciples are clean, but not every one of you.”

    11(For Jesus knew the one who was going to betray him. For this reason he said,“Not every one of you is clean.”)

    12So when Jesus had washed their feet and put his outer clothing back on, he took his place at the table again and said to them,“Do you understand what I have done for you?

    13You call me‘Teacher’ and‘Lord,’ and do so correctly, for that is what I am.

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

    15For I have given you an example– you should do just as I have done for you.

  • John 13:3-6
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    3Because Jesus knew that the Father had handed all things over to him, and that he had come from God and was going back to God,

    4he got up from the meal, removed his outer clothes, took a towel and tied it around himself.

    5He poured water into the washbasin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to dry them with the towel he had wrapped around himself.

    6Then he came to Simon Peter. Peter said to him,“Lord, are you going to wash my feet?”

  • John 13:36-38
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    36Simon Peter said to him,“Lord, where are you going?” Jesus replied,“Where I am going, you cannot follow me now, but you will follow later.”

    37Peter said to him,“Lord, why can’t I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you!”

    38Jesus answered,“Will you lay down your life for me? I tell you the solemn truth, the rooster will not crow until you have denied me three times!

  • John 13:24-28
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    24So Simon Peter gestured to this disciple to ask Jesus who it was he was referring to.

    25Then the disciple whom Jesus loved leaned back against Jesus’ chest and asked him,“Lord, who is it?”

    26Jesus replied,“It is the one to whom I will give this piece of bread after I have dipped it in the dish.” Then he dipped the piece of bread in the dish and gave it to Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son.

    27And after Judas took the piece of bread, Satan entered into him. Jesus said to him,“What you are about to do, do quickly.”

    28(Now none of those present at the table understood why Jesus said this to Judas.

  • John 3:10-11
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    10Jesus answered,“Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you don’t understand these things?

    11I tell you the solemn truth, we speak about what we know and testify about what we have seen, but you people do not accept our testimony.

  • John 14:7
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    7If you have known me, you will know my Father too. And from now on you do know him and have seen him.”

  • John 13:33
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    33Children, I am still with you for a little while. You will look for me, and just as I said to the Jewish religious leaders,‘Where I am going you cannot come,’ now I tell you the same.

  • John 13:17-19
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    17If you understand these things, you will be blessed if you do them.

    18The Announcement of Jesus’ Betrayal“What I am saying does not refer to all of you. I know the ones I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the scripture,‘The one who eats my bread has turned against me.’

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

  • John 16:16-19
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    16In a little while you will see me no longer; again after a little while, you will see me.”

    17Then some of his disciples said to one another,“What is the meaning of what he is saying,‘In a little while you will not see me; again after a little while, you will see me,’ and,‘because I am going to the Father’?”

    18So they kept on repeating,“What is the meaning of what he says,‘In a little while’? We do not understand what he is talking about.”

    19Jesus could see that they wanted to ask him about these things, so he said to them,“Are you asking each other about this– that I said,‘In a little while you will not see me; again after a little while, you will see me’?

  • John 16:30-31
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    30Now we know that you know everything and do not need anyone to ask you anything. Because of this we believe that you have come from God.”

    31Jesus replied,“Do you now believe?

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

    5Thomas said,“Lord, we don’t know where you are going. How can we know the way?”

  • John 13:1
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    1Washing the Disciples’ Feet Just before the Passover Feast, Jesus knew that his time had come to depart from this world to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he now loved them to the very end.

  • John 14:31
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    31but I am doing just what the Father commanded me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Get up, let us go from here.

  • John 14:22
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    22“Lord,” Judas(not Judas Iscariot) said,“what has happened that you are going to reveal yourself to us and not to the world?”

  • John 21:21-22
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    21So when Peter saw him, he asked Jesus,“Lord, what about him?”

    22Jesus replied,“If I want him to live until I come back, what concern is that of yours? You follow me!”

  • John 21:18-19
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    18I tell you the solemn truth, when you were young, you tied your clothes around you and went wherever you wanted, but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and others will tie you up and bring you where you do not want to go.”

    19(Now Jesus said this to indicate clearly by what kind of death Peter was going to glorify God.) After he said this, Jesus told Peter,“Follow me.”

  • John 8:55
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    55Yet you do not know him, but I know him. If I were to say that I do not know him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know him, and I obey his teaching.

  • John 8:14
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    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 people do not know where I came from or where I am going.

  • John 8:19
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    19Then they began asking him,“Who is your father?” Jesus answered,“You do not know either me or my Father. If you knew me you would know my Father too.”

  • John 13:31
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    31The Prediction of Peter’s Denial When Judas had gone out, Jesus said,“Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in him.

  • John 9:37
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    37Jesus told him,“You have seen him; he is the one speaking with you.”[

  • John 14:9
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    9Jesus replied,“Have I been with you for so long, and you have not known me, Philip? The person who has seen me has seen the Father! How can you say,‘Show us the Father’?

  • John 16:5
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    5But now I am going to the one who sent me, and not one of you is asking me,‘Where are you going?’

  • John 7:36
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    36What did he mean by saying,‘You will look for me but will not find me, and where I am you cannot come’?”