Friends Church Sermons

The context of chapter 13 is once again found in the preceding chaper. Opposition is rising among the Jewish religious elite to Jesus teaching as a new Rabbi. They are now not only monitoring His teaching they are actively seeking to destroy Him. We saw in chapter 12 the two paths of people who are hearing Him speak. One group is increasingly asking themselves if this could be the Messiah – the other group led by the Pharisees have already decided that He is not and are actively opposing Him. Today in Chapter 13 we see how Jesus responds to this set of events as a Rabbi.