From the Pulpit...

Dinner has ended. The disciples are processing the bad news of Judas’s betrayal, Peter’s denial, and all the disciples fleeing. They were on the way to the Mount of Olives. We review the setting, the mindset of the Lord Jesus, and the three rounds of prayer leading up to the when Judas and the authorities came to arrest Jesus. Jesus directed the disciples that it was time for all of them to be going. Of course, He knew that He would not get away from the authorities. However, the other disciples would not want to be arrested. Nor did Jesus permit them to be persecuted at this time. He protected them to the end (John 17:12).