Read­ing Time: 2 minutes Intro­duc­tion With the ascen­sion of Jesus after forty days of his resur­rec­tion, the stage is now set for the Twelve apostles to begin their mis­sion. Before his ascen­sion, John deems it neces­sary to doc­u­ment Jesus’ will and wish, his desire for his dis­ciples and for Chris­ti­ans. In the Gos­pel accord­ing to John, the sev­en­teenth chapter is quite dif­fer­ent. In 17:1–5, Jesus prays for him­self, dwells on his glor­i­fic­a­tion and the glor­i­fic­a­tion of the Fath­er; in 17:6–19, he prays spe­cific­ally for the dis­ciples; then in 17:20–26,…

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