is glorified in the Father. The evangelist then has Jesus address His disciples as (teknia'', "little children") - a word frequently used by John in his first epistle but not used elsewhere in this gospel. Many commentators note the tenderness of this word. Theologian Harold Buls suggests "it denotes endearment. It likely also indicates the disciples' immaturity and weakness". Jesus tells His disciples that shortly He will be leaving them; where He is going they cannot come (John 13:33), or at any rate they "cannot follow now, but ... will follow later" (). The apostles Peter (in verse 37), Thomas and Philip (in the next chapter) raise questions about where Jesus is going. Peter seems to have recognised the connection between following Jesus and dying: "Lord, why can I not follow you now? I will lay down my life for you" or "on your behalf". Jesus questions whether Peter will lay down his life for Him and tells him that in fact he will have denied Jesus three times "before the rooster crows" (, cf. ). In Luke's Gospel () the prediction of Peter's denial also takes place within the room where they had been eating, whereas in and , "the announcement of Peter's fate is made on the way to the Garden of Gethsemane". See also Farewell Discourse Jerusalem Jesus Christ Judas Iscariot Old Testament messianic prophecies quoted in the New Testament Simon Peter Other related Bible parts: Psalm 41, Matthew 26, Mark 14, Luke 22 References Bibliography External links King James Bible - Wikisource English Translation with Parallel Latin Vulgate Online Bible at GospelHall.org (ESV, KJV, Darby, American Standard Version, Bible in Basic English) Multiple bible versions at Bible Gateway (NKJV, NIV, NRSV etc.) John 13