After Jesus finished saying this. The things in the last few Chapter s. McGarvey says this is still in the upstairs room. Father, the hour has come. [People commonly prayed standing with their arms raised above their head, looking "up" to heaven.] This is the real "Lord's Prayer." He turns his thoughts from the disciples to the Father. Jesus stands "at the foot of the Cross," and with full knowledge of what he must experience, and why he is doing it, he prays these words. This forms the climax to the teaching that begins in chapter 13. At its conclusion, they will go to Gethsemane. John alone records these important words for us.

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