As Jesuswas aboutto goup to Jerusalem,He tookthe twelve[disciples] aside by themselves,and on the wayHe saidto them,
The LORDsaid,"Shall I hidefrom AbrahamwhatI am about to do,
Jesus answeredthem, "To you it has been grantedto knowthe mysteriesof the kingdomof heaven,but to them it has not been granted.
Nowwhen Jesuscameinto the districtof CaesareaPhilippi,He was askingHis disciples,"Whodo peoplesaythat the Sonof Manis?"
On the next daythe largecrowdwho had cometo the feast,when they heardthat Jesuswas comingto Jerusalem,
"No longerdo I callyou slaves,for the slavedoes not knowwhathis masteris doing;but I have calledyou friends,for all thingsthat I have heardfrom My FatherI have made knownto you.
not to allthe people,but to witnesseswho were chosen beforehandby God,[that is], to us whoateand drankwith Him afterHe arosefrom the dead.
