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NASB (UPDATED) TEXT: Joh_13:36-38
36Simon Peter said to Him, "Lord, where are You going?" Jesus answered, "Where I go, you cannot follow Me now; but you will follow later." 37Peter said to Him, "Lord, why can I not follow You right now? I will lay down my life for You." 38Jesus answered, "Will you lay down your life for Me? Truly, truly, I say to you, a rooster will not crow until you deny Me three times.
Joh_13:36 "Simon Peter said to Him" This is the first in a series of questions by the disciples about Jesus' statements in Joh_13:31-35 (cf. Joh_13:36; Joh_14:5; Joh_14:8; Joh_14:22; Joh_16:17-19). I am so glad these disciples asked these questions and that John remembered them and recorded them!
Joh_13:37 "I will lay down my life for you" Peter meant this! But it does show how weak fallen mankind is and how committed our Lord, who did exactly this, is.
Joh_13:38 "Truly, truly" See note at Joh_1:51.
▣ "a rooster will not crow until you deny Me three times" This must have been a Roman rooster. Jews did not allow animals in the city because it was holy ground. This is why most wealthy people had gardens (which needed fertilizer) outside the city walls on the Mt. of Olives. The Garden of Gethsemane was one such garden.
Jesus is using prediction to encourage belief in Himself. Even something as negative as this reveals His knowledge and control of future events (cf. Joh_18:17-18; Joh_18:25-27; Mat_26:31-35; Mar_14:27-31; Luk_22:31-34).
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