NLT Study Bible - Gospel of John - Flipbook - Page 46
John 18:3
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17:20
John 17:9
17:21
John 10:38
Gal 3:28
17:22
John 17:11
17:23
John 16:27; 17:5
17:24
John 1:14; 12:26
17:25
Matt 11:27
17:26
John 15:9
18:1
2 Sam 15:23
Matt 26:36
Mark 14:32
18:3-11
//Matt 26:47-56
//Mark 14:43-50
//Luke 22:47-53
20“I am praying not only for these disci
ples but also for all who will ever believe in
me through their message. 21I pray that they
will all be one, just as you and I are one—as
you are in me, Father, and I am in you. And
may they be in us so that the world will be
lieve you sent me.
22“I have given them the glor y you gave
me, so they may be one as we are one. 23I
am in them and you are in me. May they ex
perience such perfect unit y that the world
will know that you sent me and that you
love them as much as you love me. 24Father,
I want these whom you have given me to be
with me where I am. Then they can see all
the glor y you gave me because you loved me
even before the world began!
25“O righteous Father, the world doesn’t
know you, but I do; and these disciples
know you sent me. 26I have revealed you to
them, and I will continue to do so. Then your
love for me will be in them, and I will be in
them.”
Jesus’ Suffering and Death (18:1–19:42)
Jesus Is Betrayed and Arrested
John 18:1-12 // Matt 26:47-56 // Mark 14:43-52 //
Luke 22:47-53
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After saying these things, Jesus
crossed the Kidron Valley with
his disciples and entered a grove of ol
ive trees. 2Judas, the betrayer, knew this
place, because Jesus had often gone there
with his disciples. 3The leading priests and
The World (17:5-26)
John 1:9-10; 3:1619; 7:7; 8:12; 12:47;
14:17-19, 27; 15:1819; 16:7-9, 20, 33
Gen 6:11-12
Ps 2:1-6; 9:8
Isa 61:11; 66:16
Matt 5:14; 13:38-40
Luke 16:8
Acts 17:31
1 Cor 1:20-28;
3:3; 6:2
2 Cor 5:19
Eph 2:2
Col 2:20
Jas 4:4
2 Pet 1:4; 2:20
1 Jn 2:15-16; 4:3-5
Rev 17:18; 19:19
One of the most frequently used words in John is “world” (Greek kosmos). In Greek-speaking
Jewish thought, kosmos refers to the heavens and the earth as created by God (Gen 1; see also
John 1:3, 10; 17:5, 24). John extends the concept to include the world of humanity (e.g., 1:10;
3:16).
Although it was created as good, the human world is hostile to God (1:10-11; 3:19-20;
12:37-41). It is controlled by a darkness that cannot comprehend the light and resists the light
(3:19). The world is dead and needs life (6:33, 51), yet it hates the one who can save it (7:7).
The world is under the dominion of Satan (12:31), who will one day be judged.
God loves the world of humanity, despite its hostility and rebellion against him. Jesus died
to take away the sin of the world (1:29; 3:16-17). God’s love for the world he created stands
alongside his necessary judgment of the world (3:18-21, 36; 5:27-30; 12:47-48). Christ’s followers experience this same tension in their mission. We are called into the world to bring
the message of God’s love, but we will experience conflict, because the world will be hostile
to our message (see 14:27-31; 15:18-27; 17:13-26).
prophets were similarly set apart for
service to God (Lev 8:30; Jer 1:5). Jesus
recommitted himself to his mission,
acknowledging that he was set apart for
the purpose of the cross. The disciples
would benefit because his death would
enable them to experience new holiness in a deep attachment to God.
17:20 Jesus was praying for other sheep
who were not yet in his flock (10:16).
These are the believers through the centuries who have come to faith through
the witness of Jesus’ disciples.
17:21 For believers, becoming one with
one another is an outgrowth of the
union they enjoy with Jesus himself, a
union modeled on the oneness of the
Father and the Son. may they be in
us: Through the power of the Spirit,
believers would experience a profound
spiritual intimacy with the Father and
the Son and be transformed (14:20, 23;
1 Jn 4:13). Disciples of Jesus represent
him, so their conduct and relationships
with each other reflect the credibility of
Christ in the world. When there is disunity, infighting, and intolerance, their
testimony to the world is unconvincing.
When people observe the community of
believers, they know that it represents
Jesus; a unified, loving community
convinces the world to believe (13:35;
1 Jn 3:11).
17:22 The community of believers
should display the same glory that Jesus
displayed from the Father.
17:23 that the world will know: If
the church lives in the Spirit, reflects
God’s glory and love, and shows unity
sustained by a shared knowledge of
God, then its testimony will astonish
the world.
17:24 I want these . . . to be with me:
Some day, Jesus’ followers will see Jesus’
true glory, the true love that has existed
in heaven since the beginning of time
(17:5). Jesus was returning to heaven,
and he yearned to see his disciples
there so that they might glimpse what
no words on earth can describe.
17:26 All who accept the Son and
embrace the Father will experience
the kind of love known only between
the Father and the Son. I will be in
them: Jesus wants to love his followers
and indwell them with glory and joy
unmatched by anything in the world.
18:1-40 After completing his farewell
in the upper room (13:31–17:26), Jesus
left the city and entered a garden just
east of Jerusalem to pray. Here he was
arrested, taken under guard into the city,
and interrogated by the Jewish leaders.
The climactic “time” that Jesus referred
to repeatedly throughout the Gospel (see
2:4; note on 12:23) was now at hand.
18:1-2 Jesus crossed the Kidron Valley,
a dry river valley (a wadi) outside
Jerusalem’s walls on the city’s east edge.
The Garden of Gethsemane (Mark
14:32) was a grove of olive trees that
grew along the west shoulder of the
Mount of Olives (gath shemaney means
“olive press” in Aramaic). Jesus liked this
place and frequently prayed there (see
8:1; Luke 21:37; 22:39).
18:3 John’s full description of the arresting party expands the picture from
the other Gospels. The Temple authorities sent Roman soldiers and Temple
guards; while the Temple guards made
