March 20, 2016              John 17:1 – 18:1

Download discussion questions: John 17_1-18_1 Prayer

One of the challenges each week as we have been working our way through the Gospel according to John is the selection of each successive passage.  The goal has been to include enough context (a particular event or a discourse of Jesus) to form a cohesive section we can study.  At the same time, it is important to remember we have only about an hour for our discussion, so the length of the passage needs to be limited.

This weeks’ passage is longer than usual, but it represents a unit that would be difficult to divide and impossible to discuss if it were broken into several parts.  Jesus’ prayer might be considered the culmination of His earthly ministry as He prays to His Father about what He has done and what He desires for His disciples.  His prayer exposes what was on His heart just before His arrest.

This powerful passage stands on its own.  I have not included any discussion questions, but I expect our time together will be rich as we look at this prayer on Palm Sunday.