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The Last Passover Feast

Text: John 13: 1

THE LAST PASSOVER FEAST

Jesus had concluded His public ministry. The Passover Feast was at hand. This would be the last Passover with His disciples.

“Now before the feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that His hour had come that He should depart from this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.”

John 13:1

1. “Now before the feast of the Passover”

a. John noted the occasion.

b. This was the traditional and annual Passover feast.

2. “When Jesus knew that His hour had come”

a. The “hour” was an obvious reference to His death.

b. The word “knew” may be understood as:

i. Consciousness

ii. Full awareness of the implications of “the hour”.

3. “That He should depart from this world to the Father”

a. He was not overcome by the consciousness of death.

b. He had been preparing for this “hour” consciously right from the beginning.

c. Two events would take place:

i. His departure from this world.

ii. His going home to His Father.

d. The thought of going to His Father and to Heaven:

i. There must be profound joy.

ii. There must be wonderful satisfaction that He had fully obeyed His Father in all things.

iii. The plan of salvation would be fulfilled.

4. “Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end”

a. This is an obvious reference to His disciples.

b. They had become “His own”.

c. He had loved them from the beginning with a wonderfully glorious love.

d. He had continued to love them without reservation to the end.

经文：约翰福音 13：1

最后的逾越节

耶稣结束了祂的公共职事。逾越节即将到来了。这会是耶稣最后一次和祂的门徒一起过逾越节。

“逾越节以前，耶稣知道自己离世归父的时候到了。他既然爱世间属自己的人，就爱他们到底。”

《约翰福音 13：1》

1. “逾越节以前”

a. 约翰记载了这节日

b. 这是一年一度的传统逾越节

2. “耶稣知道自己……的时候到了”

a. “时候”明显指的是祂的死期

b. “知道”可以解释为：

i. 意识

ii. 完全理解“时候”的含义

3. “离世归父”

a. 祂并没有因为意识到自己即将死亡而被克服

b. 祂从一开始就已经有意识地准备这“时候”的来临

c. 有两件事即将发生

i. 祂将离开这个世界

ii. 祂将归祂父那里去

d. 归祂父那里去及回天国的想法：

i. 这一定使耶稣有极深切的喜乐

ii. 这一定使耶稣因在一切事上顺从祂父而拥有美好的满足感

iii. 这将成就救赎的计划

4． “他既然爱世间属自己的人，就爱他们到底。”

a. 这明显是指祂的门徒

b. 他们已成为“属自己的人”

c. 祂从起初就以美好可荣的爱来爱他们

d. 祂继续毫无保留地爱他们到底