Study it in the app“Little children, I am with you a little while longer. You will seek me, and just as I said to the Jews, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come,’ so I now say to you.”
Little children,τεκνίαI amεἰμιwithμεθ’youὑμῶνa little whileμικρὸνlonger.ἔτιYou will seekζητήσετέme,μεandκαὶjust asκαθὼςI saidεἶπονto the Jews,τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις‘WhereὍπουIἐγὼam going,ὑπάγωyouὑμεῖςcannotοὐ δύνασθεcome,’ἐλθεῖνsoκαὶI nowἄρτιsayλέγωto you.ὑμῖν
little child
Little children; an affectionate way of addressing the disciples.
Where else “teknia” appearsbe present
To be in a place or with someone.
Where else “eimi” appearslittle while
A short amount, or a brief time that soon passes.
Where else “mikron” appearsseek
To go after something or someone until it is found.
Where else “zētēsete” appearssay
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipon” appearsJew
A person of the people of Israel, named after the tribe of Judah.
Where else “Ioudaiois” appearswhere
Where, wherever.
Where else “Hopou” appearsgo away
Go away, leave; "go!".
Where else “hypagō” appearscan, be able
Can, be able.
Where else “dynasthe” appearscome
To move to where someone is or to a place, and be present there.
Where else “elthein” appearsnow
Now, just now, at this moment.
Where else “arti” appears32If God has been glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and he will glorify him at once.
33 · This verse (above)
34A new commandment I give you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, that you also love one another.
1. What it says
What does Jesus do during the supper, what does he answer Peter when he resists, and what does he ask of them all? (vv. 4-15)
2. What it means
Jesus gives a new commandment: to love one another as he has loved them (v. 34). What does his washing of their feet show about that love?
3. How I live it
Jesus says, “I have given you an example” (v. 15). Whom could you serve today with a simple gesture, without being asked?
