John 15, 16, 17

John 15, 16, 17

Overview:  Jesus speaking to and praying about the disicples following the Last Supper.

These three chapter feature a good bit of somewhat dense theological reflection by Jesus about his mission and ministry, his relationship to his Father, his relationship to the disciples, the disciples relationship to each other and to the world and so on.  There is a lot going on.  At the same time you can hear Jesus very human concern and affection for those he has spent so much of his time with during his earthly ministry.  He is one moment striving to give them one last thing to remember, one last truth to fall back on and the next praying earnestly for them and the work they will undertake in his physical absence.  In these chapters we find prime examples of what sets John's Gospel apart from Matthew, Mark and Luke.  There is a level of theological reflection and discourse here that is never so overt in the others.