John 13:36 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered him,Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards. ”

• John 13:36 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  (5) Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered him, Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards. (5) A weighty example of rash trust and...

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• John 13:36 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  John 13:33 to John 17:26 . The Last Discourses and Prayer. Perhaps this is the best place to consider the general arrangement and character of the final discourses. They present the same problem...

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• John 13:36 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Me. All the texts omit.

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• John 13:36 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  36. Lord, whither goest thou? This question is founded on that saying of Christ, I said to the Jews, that whither I go you cannot come, so now I say to you, ( John 13:33 .) From this...

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• John 13:36 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered him, Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards. Thou canst not follow me now - Thou hast not...

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• John 13:36 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Thou canst not follow me now:— We may gather hence, that the declaration, John 13:33 . Whither I go, ye cannot come, is one of those general propositions, whereof there are many in scripture, wh...

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• John 13:36 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered him, Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards. Simon Peter said [`saith' legei...

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• John 13:36 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Last Supper 1-17. The Supper and the Feet-washing. This supper is identified by almost all modern authorities with the Last Supper, which took place on Thursday night at Jerusalem ( Matthew 26...

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• John 13:36 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? — Comp. John 13:33 . The earnest, loving nature of the Apostle dwells upon the words which tell of the Master’s departure. He is prepared to fo...

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• John 13:36 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  VIII. JESUS ANNOUNCES HIS DEPARTURE. "When therefore he was gone out, Jesus saith, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in Him; and God shall glorify Him in Himself, and straig...

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• John 13:36 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the Sign and Seal of Discipleship John 13:31-38 It was a relief when the traitor was gone. The Lord could now speak freely of His love and of His approaching glory, expatiating on the shining t...

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• John 13:36 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  For a time our Lord now devoted Himself to His own, and in this connection we have the account of His washing the disciples' feet. The whole action was Eastern, and was the action of a slave: By what...

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• John 13:36 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered him, Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards. (37) Peter said unto him, Lord, why cannot I...

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• John 13:36 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Simon Peter said unto him ,.... One might have expected that Peter would have taken some notice of what Christ said last, about love to one another; but he passes over it, and takes no manner of not...

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• John 13:36 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered him, Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards. Ver. 36. Whither goest thou? ] That deep...

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• John 13:36 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Simon Peter saith, Lord, whither goest thou , &c. The exalted virtue which our Lord had just inculcated, did not make so strong an impression on Peter's mind, as the words which he had before sp...

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• John 13:36 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  WASHING HIS DISCIPLES' FEET (vs.1-17) We are brought now to consider the last hours of the Lord Jesus before the cross. No longer does He minister to the world, but to His own disciples, from cha...

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• John 13:36 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Peter's Self-Confidence.       36 Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered him, Whither I go, thou canst not f...

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• John 13:36 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Peter yet understood not his Lord and Master, and therefore asked him whither he went? Our Saviour spake of his ascension into heaven, after his suffering death upon the cross; whither he tells Peter...

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• John 13:36 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Path to Glory Which Jesus Must Tread Alone ( John 13:31-38 ). The opening two verses reflect Jesus' awareness of the pivotal nature of the situation. As He thought back to the glory which had...

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• John 13:36 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES John 13:36-38 . “Thou canst not now be a Peter, for the Petra (or Rock) has not yet consolidated thee with His Spirit; but thou shalt follow Me by dying on the cros...

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• John 13:36 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  John 13:1 . Before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come. What now transpired was on the Tuesday, while at supper in the house of Simon. Judas was now rebuked before al...

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• John 13:36 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Lord, whither goest Thou? Unlawful curiosity It is a common fault among us to be more inquisitive concerning things secret, which belong to God only, than concerning things revealed, which belo...

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• John 13:36 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION IV. THE FINAL MANIFESTATIONS IN WORD AND ACTION OF THE LOGOS INCARNATE , EXPRESSING ITSELF ABSOLUTELY AND TO THE UTTERMOST AS LOVE . (Jn 13-21....

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• John 13:36 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Simon Peter said unto Him, Lord, whither guest Thou? Jesus answered him, Whither I go thou canst not follow Me now; but thou shalt follow Me afterwards.

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• John 13:36 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  2 Peter 1:14 ; John 13:33 ; John 14:4 ; John 14:5 ; John 16:17 ; John 21:18 ; John 21:19 ; John 21:21 ; John 21:22

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• John 13:36 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Peter saith, Lord, whither goest thou? — St. Peter seems to have thought, that Christ, being rejected by the Jews, would go to some other part of the earth to erect his throne, where he might reign...

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