After Jesus had spoken these words, where did He go with His disciples?
What was there?
How did Judas know about this place?
When Judas arrived, who did he bring with him? What were they carrying?
What did Jesus ask them?
What was their reply? How did Jesus respond? What happened to the soldiers when He said that?
What happened next?
Whom did Jesus want the soldiers to let go? Why? Where had He said that previously?
Who had a sword? What did He do with it?
Whose ear got cut off? What was his name and position?
What was Jesus’ response? (Read Luke 22:51 to see what Jesus did.)
Who arrested Jesus?
Who did they take Him to first? Who was he?
What did Caiaphas advise the Jews?
Who followed Jesus?
Why was the other disciple able to get into the courtyard of the high priest?
Where did Peter stay first? Who did the other disciple talk to to get him inside?
Where was the servant girl? What did she ask Peter? What was his response?
What did the high priest ask Jesus about?
What was His response? Where had Jesus always spoken? Who did Jesus tell the high priest to ask?
What was the response of one of the nearby officers?
What did Jesus say in response to that accusation?
Where did they take Jesus off to next?
What happened while Peter was out by the fire warming himself?
Who was the third person to ask if Peter was seen with Jesus?
What happened immediately after that?

Thought Questions

Why do you think Jesus went out to this public garden at this time? Did He know they were going to arrest Him then? If you knew that, wouldn’t you rather be locked up in a safe place? What does this tell you about Jesus’ faith in His Father’s timing?
Why did the troops fall back to the ground? Why did they get back up again?
What does Peter’s actions in this chapter tell you about him? What was he like later? How does this encourage you in the ways Christ can work in our lives?
Think about what Caiaphas said in verse 14. Was it true? How do you think Caiaphas meant it?What was the irony there? Can God even use His enemies to speak truth (although maybe not in the ways they intend)?
Put yourself in Peter’s place–cold, sleep deprived, helpless over the arrest of his Teacher, unsure about what was going to happen with either Jesus or, by extension, his followers. How might you have reacted to the girl at the door?
Were the people Peter spoke with (whom he denied Jesus to) high authorities who were able to decide his fate? Do you think you would be able to muster courage around authorities when questioned about your beliefs? But how about common people with no authority over your fate–are you prepared enough to have answers for your faith even when asked at a time that you don’t expect it, or aren’t prepared?
Have you ever heard “the cock crow” in your life, metaphorically? That is, have you been reminded that you disobeyed Jesus? How did you react?

My prayer is:
that I would follow Jesus’ example in always being obedient to God’s will, even trusting Him with the risks involved;
and that I would learn from Peter’s history to be prepared to stand for Christ under any circumstance and not to deny Him.

Who else does Jesus pray for?
Who does Jesus compare their unity with? What would be the effect of their unity?
What has Jesus given them? Why?
How would the world know that the Father had sent the Son? Who would they know that the Father loves?
What else does Jesus pray for those believers (vs. 24)? Why?
Who has not known the Father? But who has known the Father?
What has Jesus declared? Why?

Thought Questions
Who is Jesus praying for in verse 20? What is the difference between them and the group He prayed for previously?
How are Jesus and the Father one? Is one more important or of higher authority than the other? Do they have exactly the same job or role? How can that help us understand our role in the church?
How can we get the world to believe that God sent Jesus as His Son?
How do we achieve this unity? What can we use to settle disputes, and what should be the basis of our unity? (See verse 17 for a hint.) Can you think of practical applications?
What should we do if the Word of God disagrees with our natural inclination?
Where is Jesus? Do you take that literally (in Heaven) or figuratively? Can we behold His glory here?
How can we know the Father? Where are some other places in John that describe how we can know the Father? (1:18 and 14:7-11, for example.)
How does verse 26 answer the question of how we can have God’s love within us?
What is God’s name–is it just a series of letters, or does it represent something else that we can declare? How can you connect this idea with Exodus 20:7?
List out and summarize the themes in this chapter that Jesus repeats several times in slightly different ways. Why is He so repetitive with these themes?
Obviously, this prayer of Jesus is very specific for a very specific occasion, but is there anything you can learn about prayer from this important chapter?

My prayer is:
that we, as Christians, may be one through belief in Your Word, just as you and the Father are one;
that we might behold the Father in His glory, through knowledge of the Son and through His Word;
and that the Father’s love would be in us to share with others, as well.

While Jesus was praying, where was He looking?
What did Jesus say to His Father?
Why did He want the Father to glorify Him?
For what purpose has the Father given the Son authority over all flesh?
What is eternal life?
How does Jesus expand on how He has glorified God on earth?
When did Jesus have the glory with His Father that He was asking to have again?
Who has Jesus manifested God’s name to? Who did they belong to? What did they keep? What did they know?
What words has Jesus given them? What did they know and believe?
Who was Jesus specifically praying for at that time?
Who is no longer in the world? Who is still in the world? What is Jesus asking for those who are still in the world? Why?
What did Jesus do with them while He was still in the world?
Who was the only one who was lost? How was this predicted?
Why does Jesus speak these things?
Who hated them who had His word? Why? Who else did they hate?
What does Jesus pray for, and what does He not pray for regarding them?
How are they to be sanctified?
What is truth?
Where does Jesus send them into?

Thought Questions
What do you think eternal life is? Does verse 3 match your natural idea of eternal life? Would anyone be interested in eternal life with God and His Son if they didn’t know them? What does that tell you about the importance of knowing and sharing the knowledge of God?
Read verse 4. Can we also glorify God by finishing the work He has given us to do?
Wouldn’t it be nice, toward the end of your life, to be able to say, “I have finished the work you have given me to do”? See also what Paul says in 2 Tim. 4:6-8. Is there anything you can do differently with your life today to prepare you to be able to say that?
Several times in this chapter and elsewhere, Jesus talks about those who the Father “has given him.” Is it totally God’s choice whether you are one of the saved, or is it your choice? Does verse 6 give you any help? Of the aspects listed there, which part is our choice?
Summarize verses 7-8. After hearing the evidence from Jesus, do you also believe that He came from God, as the disciples did?
Does Jesus ever mention His own glory without connection with the Father?
Who is the “son of perdition?” Find Scriptures that foretell this betrayal. Do you think that it was destined that Jesus’ friend would betray Him because it was necessary for the Scriptures, or that history (and prophecy) would have been written differently if he had made another choice?
How can we have joy, according to verse 13? Reflect on how Christ’s words for us can fulfill our joy. Do reading these things help strengthen your faith that Jesus has kept His promises, and therefore will continue to do so?
Has there been times in history where the world hated those with Christ’s word? Does the world hate you? If it doesn’t, why do you think that is? Do you think it ever could?
How can a person be in the world, yet be kept from the evil one?
What is truth? How can we answer when someone asks that question? Is God’s Word really truth in your life, or are you not sure? Besides this verse, how do you know?
What does it mean to sanctify a person? How can God sanctify us through His Word?
What is our job in the world, in the place where Jesus has sent us?

My prayer is:
that Christ would help me to do His work and glorify Him;
that my joy would come from His Word;
and that I would be in the world but not of the world, and that God would strengthen me when the world hates me as it did Him.

Why did Jesus speak these things to the disciples?
What will happen to them?
Why will they do these things to them?
When did Jesus want the disciples to remember the things He told them would happen? Why didn’t He tell them at the beginning?
Where was Jesus going to go? What didn’t they ask Him?
What were the disciples feeling?
Why is it to their advantage that Jesus goes away?
What three things will the Comforter convict the world of? Why?
Why doesn’t Jesus say all the things He could say to them then?
Who, instead will guide them into truth? What will He tell them? Whose authority does He speak from?
What else will the Spirit do? How?
What will happen in a little while? Where is Jesus going?
What did the disciples ask?
What was Jesus’ answer in verse 20? While the disciples weep and lament, what will the world do? But what will the disciples’ sorrow turn to?
What illustration did Jesus use for this joy?
When will the disciples rejoice?
What will happen then? What happens when we ask the Father in Jesus’ name?
What mode of speaking had Jesus been using with the disciples? How would He speak in a future time, and what would He tell them about plainly?
What will happen in that day?
Will Jesus pray to the Father on behalf of us? Why or why not?
Who did Jesus come from? To whom is He going?
What 2 things did the disciples say that they understood now that He was speaking plainly?
What was the situation that Jesus predicted would come which would test the disciples? What would happen to Jesus at that time?
What would the disciples be able to feel as a result of the words Jesus had spoken?
What has Jesus overcome?

Thought Questions

Have you seen any evidence through history, and even today, where people think that killing (or otherwise persecuting) a Christian is doing God a service? How would you react if you were the victim in that situation? Are you prepared?
How can you avoid being the persecutor? Do you know the Father or Jesus well enough to recognize truth?
Are you well enough acquainted with Bible prophecy to be able to recognize things when they happen from what has been predicted before?
What is the Spirit doing in your life? are you allowing Him to convict you of sin and to guide you into all truth? How can we tell if the Holy Spirit is working? The Bible says to “test the spirits” (1 John 4:1)
What does vs. 14 tell us about how Christ is glorified? Do a search of the many times Jesus talks about Himself or His Father being glorified (especially in the book of John). What does it mean? How can we apply it to our own behavior, to glorify Christ?
Are you sorrowing? What hope do vs. 20-23 give you? Has there been a time in your life in the past when you had sorrow, but that sorrow had turned to joy?
Why do you think Jesus used figurative language? Would it have been helpful if He had spoken more plainly? would we understand it? Even though the disciples said they were glad He was finally speaking plainly (in vs. 29-30), what was the real outcome (in vs. 32 and Matt. 26:56)?
What does it mean to overcome the world? Can we also overcome? 1 John 2:13, Rev. 2:7.

My prayer is:
that I would continue to believe the truths of Christ even if I am persecuted, and my persecutors think they are doing God a service;
that I would study the words of Christ and the prophecies of the Bible, so that my faith will be strengthened when I recognize their fulfillment;
and that I would recognize that, in times of sorrow, Christ has overcome the world, and my sorrow will be turned to joy.