Jesus Discourse In The Upper Room

19 so when it was evening on that day the first day of the week and when the doors were shut where the disciples were for fear of the jews jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them peace be with you 20 and when he had said this he showed them both his hands and his side.

Jesus discourse in the upper room.

It is important to recognize that jesus words are not a dispassionate lecture. That is if you think of scripture as a temple this is the sanctuary where you come into the very presence of god himself. In these five chapters we see intimate teaching about service love the holy spirit heaven our union with christ and prayer. What happened in the upper room answer.

Some have called this the holy of holies of scripture. Chapters 13 17 record what we have come to know as the upper room discourse. The disciples then rejoiced when they saw the lord. The upper room discourse jesus comforts his disciples john 14 1 31 jesus talked with his disciples during the last supper or last passover or seder.

The passage known as the upper room discourse in the gospel of john chapters 13 through 17 takes us into the intimate thoughts of jesus just before his crucifixion. This reading tells us about the conversations jesus had to farewell his disciples. Note first he arose from supper just as he had risen from the throne of glory laid aside his garments. The disciples had spent many a nights with their lord jesus christ however this night is going to be different from all other nights.

The upper room discourse 3 john 13 5 jesus is working out a parable for his disciples dramatizing the character of his ministry showing what he had come into the world to do and what he wanted them to do. What a picture of philippians 2 7 which tells us that he came into this. Chapters 13 through 17 often called the upper room discourse contain so much profound theology that we can only touch on a few salient points for our purposes we are specifically interested in examining chapters 14 through 17.