John 17:1An Understandable Version (2005 edition)After saying these things, Jesus looked up to heaven and said, “Father, the time has come; honor your Son so that your Son may honor you. See the chapter |
Now it was before the Passover Festival [was to begin] and Jesus knew that the time had come for Him to leave this world and return to the Father. Those [living] in the world, whom He had loved, and who were His own [disciples], He continued to love [dearly] to the very end [i.e., of His life on earth].