Daily Devotions
My Song In The Night (Gospel of John)
我夜间的歌曲 (约翰福音）
Thinking Of His Disciples
Text: John 18: 8 - 9
THINKING OF HIS DISCIPLES
Jesus was marvelously calm. He was not afraid of His enemies. Twice, He identified Himself clearly as Jesus of Nazareth. It is possible that those who had been sent to arrest Him did not know Jesus personally.
“Jesus answered, ‘I have told you that I am He. Therefore, if you seek Me, let these go their way.’ That the saying might be fulfilled which He spoke, ‘Of those whom You gave Me I have lost none.’”
John 18:8-9
1. “Jesus answered, ‘I have told you that I am He’”
a. This was the third time Jesus affirmed His identity.
b. He was not going to hide Himself or deny what was true.
2. “Therefore, if you seek Me, let these go their way”
a. The direct command of the chief priests and Pharisees was to arrest Jesus.
b. Thus, the enemies were intent on finding Jesus.
c. Jesus asked that His Disciples not be arrested with Him.
i. The Lord continued to think of the welfare of His Disciples.
ii. How He must have loved them.
iii. He was not afraid of going with His captors.
3. “That the saying might be fulfilled which He spoke”
a. The thought of “fulfilment” was very much on His mind.
b. Jesus, in His prayer, had mentioned that He had lost none of His Disciples, except the son of perdition (John 17:12).
c. He now sought to have His word fulfilled by asking His captors not to arrest His Disciples.
4. “Of those whom You gave Me I have lost none.”
a. Jesus thought of His Disciples as those whom God, the Father, had given Him.
b. Thus, He cared for them with all His heart.
c. He had guarded them for the last three years.
d. They were in some danger at this point of time.
i. His enemies were armed with weapons.
ii. They had every intention to arrest Jesus by every means at their disposal.
e. Jesus sought to protect His Disciples by politely asking that they might not be arrested with Him.
f. This was another wonderful display of the love that Jesus had for His beloved Disciples.
经文：约翰福音 18：8-9
想着祂的门徒
耶稣非常冷静。祂并不害怕祂的仇敌。祂两次清楚表明自己是拿撒勒人耶稣的身份。被派去捉拿耶稣的人有可能并不认识祂。
“耶稣说：‘我已经告诉你们：我就是。你们若找我，就让这些人去吧！’这要应验耶稣从前的话说：‘你所赐给我的人，我没有失落一个。’”
《约翰福音 18：8-9》