It was just before the Passover Feast. Jesus knew that the time had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Jesus had always loved his disciples who were in the world, and he now loved them to the very end.
He spoke these words while he was teaching in the temple courtyard near the place where the offerings were put. But no one arrested him, because his time hadn’t come yet.
He asked her, “Woman, why are you crying? Who are you looking for?” She thought he was the gardener, so she said, “Sir, if you’ve carried him away, tell me where you’ve put him, and I’ll go get him.”