Jesus Prays For His Disciples

John 16:5-7; 17:14-26 These words of Jesus form one piece with the ad­dress that He uttered in the evening of the night that marked the beginning of His passion. When He spoke these words He was still assembled with His disciples in the chamber where He ate with them for the last time the Passover. In this chapter (16 of John's gos­pel) He begins to enlighten them in regard to their future, in order that, together with what is sad, He may tell them the most gladdening things. The enemies of...