Thursday 20th November
Read John 13:21
“After he had said this, Jesus was troubled in spirit and testified, ‘Very truly I tell you, one of you is going to betray me.’” (NIVUK)
People read John’s gospel and see the divine Son of God displayed in all His glory – it starts with a majesty that is incomprehensible. Yet equally we see Jesus as fully human. He wept at the tomb of His friend Lazarus. He is deeply troubled at the impending betrayal – His heart is broken.
Those that think the events that night were play-acting on the part of Jesus because He was fully divine and knew that He was going home, fail to reckon with the trauma the disciples saw that night. Recorded for us by John to remind us of the personal significance of what was about to occur.
Augustine observes that many Stoic philosophers argued that true wisdom is untroubled by human emotions. Jesus tells us that this is not so. He was troubled on our behalf and in Him all wisdom is found.
