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.

What is Jesus called here? What is His Father?
What gets taken away? What gets pruned? Why?
Why are His disciples already clean?
Where does Jesus want us to abide? Where will He abide?
Where does a branch have to be to bear fruit?
If Jesus is the vine, what are we?
What will happen to those who abide in Him?
What can we do without Him?
What will happen with those who do not abide in Him? Why?
What else can abide in us if we abide in Him?
Then, what will happen if we ask for what we desire? Why?
How does Jesus love us?
How will we abide in Jesus’ love?
Why has Jesus spoken these things to us?
What is Jesus’ commandment?
What is the ultimate love?
How do we become Jesus’ friends?
What does Jesus call us? Why?
What is the difference between a servant and a friend?
Who chose who? What did Jesus appoint us to do?
What does Jesus command us to do?
What do we know if the world hates us?
What would make the world love us? Why does the world hate us?
What are some other things that if they did to Jesus that the would also do to us? Why do they do these things?
Why do they have no excuse for their sin?
When someone hates Jesus, who else do they also hate?
What would have happened if Jesus had not done these unusual works? But what is the case now?
Why did these things happen this way?
How does Jesus describe the Helper? What will He do when He arrives?
What will the disciples do? Why?

Thought Questions

What do you think it means for God to prune someone? Do you feel like you have been pruned? How? Is that a good thing? What happens when God prunes you? (see verse 2 for your answer)
How does Jesus’ word make us clean?
How does a person abide in Jesus? Does verse 3, 7 or 10 help you to answer that question? What does abiding in Jesus mean in your personal life, in a practical way?
What are some practical results in your life of abiding in Jesus (fruit bearing)?
What are some of the things you desire? Has God given them to you? Why or why not?
Read verse 7-8 again. Is pruning the only way that we can bear more fruit? How else (from those verses) can we bear much fruit and glorify God? What does this teach us about our relationship with Him, and His relationship with us?
Does Jesus love us? How? What are some examples of ways the Father showed His love to Jesus? How does that translate to how Jesus shows His love to us?
Does verse 10 and 14 sound legalistic to you? Does it fit in with how you generally think of Jesus and our relationship with Him? How can you apply this truth? What does it tell you about how important His commandments are to our relationship with Him?
What are Jesus’ commandments? Are they the same as God’s commandments (in the Old Testament)? Why are they that important?
According to verse 11, what are the results of keeping God’s commandments? Do you believe this? Have you experienced this?
Read John 14:15, 21, and John 15:10, 14. Is there any question that we should keep God’s commandments?
How would you feel if a friend told you what Jesus said in verse 10? But why is Jesus different from your other friends? Might we be stuck in a joyless view of God’s commands?
In verse 14, Jesus tells us to do what He commands, then in verse 15 He tells us we are not servants. Is this a contradiction? How does this shape your view of God’s commandments, and His friendship?
Does verse 16 mean that we don’t have a choice, or that we do have a choice but didn’t choose Him? On this earth, what’s keeping us from truly choosing Christ?
What does Jesus’ commandment to “love one another” entail? Does it mean that the rest of God’s commandments aren’t important? How do they link together? By keeping the Ten Commandments, can we fulfill Jesus’ commandment to love one another, or are they separate?
Does the world hate you? Why or why not? Do you feel like it should, or not? For example, is there something you are afraid to do or proclaim because you are afraid that the world will hate you if you do?
Read verse 22 again. What do you think will happen to people in remote areas of the world who have never heard Jesus’ words? How do you think God will judge them?
How have you observed the Holy Spirit testifying of Christ?
How can you also testify of Him?

My prayer is:
that I would allow Jesus to prune me so that I may bear fruit;
that I would understand that following God’s commandments and loving others deepens my relationship with Him;
and that I would be prepared to be hated by the world, just as it hated Christ, if I am truly on His side.

What is the first command given in this chapter?
If we believe in God, who should we also believe in?
What is in Jesus’ Father’s house?
What did Jesus say to back this up?
What is Jesus going to go do? After that, what will he do? Why?
How do we know where Jesus is going, and how to get there?
If you know Jesus, who else do you know?
Who asked Jesus to show them the Father?
What was His response?
By whose authority does Jesus speak and work?
What other reason do we have to believe, besides that He is in the Father and the Father is in Him?
What will happen with the people who believe in Him? Why?
What will happen when you ask in His name? Why?
What things will Jesus do if you ask in His name?
If you love Him, what will you do?
What will Jesus do to help?
How long will the Helper/Comforter be with you?
Why can’t the world receive the Spirit of truth?
Where will He dwell in those who know Him?
What won’t Jesus leave us as?
What will happen in a little while?
Why will we live?
What triangular situation will happen that day?
Who loves Jesus? Who will love that person?
What was Judas’ question?
What was Jesus’ answer?
Where is the word of Christ from?
Whom will the Father send in Jesus’ name? What will He do?
What is Jesus leaving with us?
What should we not let our heart be?
What was going to happen? If we loved Jesus, what would we feel about that?
Why did Jesus tell them in advance what would happen?
Why won’t Jesus be able to speak much with them after that? Who is coming? How much power does he have over Jesus?
Then, why did Jesus have to do what He was about to do?

Thought Questions

Is your heart troubled? What excuse do you have, after reading John 14:1? How much do you believe in God the Father, and God the Son?
Are you looking forward to being in the same place as God, or are there things you’d rather do on your own?
Why were the disciples so confused, even after having been with Jesus all that time? Do you understand the way to heaven?
Why do you believe in Jesus? Do you believe in His authority coming from the Father? Do His works help you in that belief?
Do you believe that you can do even greater works than these? What would that require?
What have you asked recently in Jesus’ name? What would you like to ask? What’s keeping you from it?
Do you love Jesus? Do you keep His commandments? Do you really believe this is a qualification, after reading John 14:15? Are you willing to keep them?
What evidence have you seen in your life of the Holy Spirit’s presence?
Think about Judas’ question in verse 22. Has Jesus manifested Himself to everyone in the world in all of history in the same way? Do you feel as though you have an “advantage” because you know and believe the Bible Scriptures? What do you think belief in Jesus depends the most on–culture, knowledge, experience, sincerity, or something else? What was Jesus’ answer to Judas, and how do you think His statement answers the question?
Do you wish Jesus were still on earth? How does the Holy Spirit take His place in your life on earth?
The disciples were heartbroken when Jesus died. Should they have been, knowing what we know now? Are you heartbroken when a loved one in Christ dies? Where can we find rejoicing in death? How about in Jesus’ death?
Jesus says the same thing in John 14:29 and 13:19. Do you understand prophecies of the future in the Bible? Why should we understand them? Do they give you a sense of hope and strengthening of your faith, or just confusion and fear?
Who is “the prince of this world?” Explain why he is called that. Who elected him?
Why did Jesus die? Was it because people killed Him, or because Satan killed Him, or for some other reason? Use verses 30-31 for your answer.

My prayer is:
that, when my heart is troubled, I would remember the words of John 14:1-4, that Christ is preparing a place for us, so that we can be with Him;
that I would have the faith to believe that Christ really will answer my prayers;
and that I would have the strength and will to want to keep His commandments, in order to keep my heart pure to follow Him.

Which feast was happening?
What did Jesus know about His life then?
Who did He love to the end?
Who was to betray Him?
What had the Father given Jesus? Where was He going?
What did He do then as a result?
How did He wash the disciples’ feet?
Who protested against this? What did he say?
What did Jesus say in response to Peter’s protest?
What did Peter want Jesus to wash?
What was Jesus’ response?
Were they clean? All of them?
What did Jesus know that led Him to say that?
After Jesus finished washing the disciples’ feet and He sat down again, what did He tell them to do?
Why should they do that? What would be the result?
What was Jesus predicting? How did He support this prediction?
Why did Jesus give this prediction beforehand?
What is the connection between Jesus and the One who sent Him?
Why was Jesus then troubled in spirit?
What was the disciples’ reaction?
Who finally asked Jesus who would betray Him?
What was the sign Jesus gave for who it was?
Who did Jesus give the bread to?
What happened when Judas received the bread? What did Jesus tell him to do?
What did the disciples think Judas might do?
What did Judas do next?
What did Jesus say when Judas left?
What is the new commandment?
How will the world know who His disciples are?
What did Peter ask Jesus?
When could Peter follow Jesus?
What did Peter say he was willing to do for Jesus?
How many times was Peter going to deny Jesus?
What sign was going to happen then?

Thought Questions

How did the devil get access to Judas’ heart?
What is the symbolism of foot washing? What was Jesus trying to show?
If Jesus Himself came to wash your feet (or something equivalent; a humble, dirty task that you think is beneath your status), how would you respond?
Why did Jesus say that (most of) the disciples were already clean? Do you think you are clean?
How does doing what Jesus tells us make us happy (vs. 17)?
If “the servant [us] is not greater than his master [Jesus],” and Jesus committed this and other humble acts of service, what does that tell us about how we ought to treat one another?
What might have been the result if Jesus had not given the prediction in advance that Judas would betray Him? What might the other disciples have thought?
Why do you think Jesus allowed Judas to be one of His disciples, knowing that he would betray Him in the end?
How do you think the disciples felt about Judas? Did they have any suspicion of him?
Did it sound like Jesus was publicly pointing out Judas to all the disciples, or just to John and Peter? Why?
What did Jesus mean when He said it was time for Him to be glorified? Find other instances in the Bible where He says that.
Why is the commandment to love one another “new?” Had that ever been thought of before? What part of verse 34 is “new?”
How was Jesus an example of love like none other had been before? Think about the Jews’ ideas of love in those days.
How can we show that we are Jesus’ disciples, in practical ways?
Would you tell Jesus that you are willing to lay down your life for Him? What do you think He would say?

My prayer is:
that I would follow the example of Jesus’ humility and love by performing thoughtful tasks for others, even if they seem unpleasant to me;
for protection from the devil’s influence by giving me a clean, pure heart;
and for the faith even to be willing to lay down my life for Christ’s sake if necessary, that I may follow Him wherever He goes.

Did Jesus say to His Father, “Father, save me from this hour”? Why or why not?
Instead, what was His statement? How did God respond to it?
What did the people standing by think the sound was?
Why did God speak at that time?
What was it time for then? Who was going to be cast out?
What would happen when Jesus was lifted up from the earth? What was He signifying?
What was the people’s confusion about this statement?
What was Jesus’ reply?
What two things regarding light did Jesus admonish us to do in verse 36?
Did the people believe Him?
Who predicted this? What did the prophecies say?
According to the prophecies, what would have happened if the people were not blind and hardened?
Among which group was found believers of Jesus? However, what did they not do? Why?
Although, they believed Jesus, what did they love more than the praise of God?
According to Jesus Himself, whoever believes in Him believes in whom?
Why did Jesus come into the world?
What happens when anyone hears His word but does not believe?
Who or what will judge those people? When?
Whose authority does Jesus speak with? What is that command described as?

Thought Questions

Who was Jesus’ audience as He spoke in this passage? (Look back starting from verse 12 and continuing.) Was it a certain type of people, or a mixture?
What was Jesus’ attitude toward His death? How does that inspire you to feel about the troubles you face in your life? How does God’s vocal response help you strengthen that?
If you had been there, do you think you would have heard a voice, or thunder? Who would you have thought spoke the words?
Who is the ruler of the world? Why would he be cast out then?
Would you have been confused by Jesus’ teachings on His death like the people were? Do you think God expected them to understand everything then, or to grow in faith when looking back on the events that had been prophesied? Do we always have to understand everything at the time to have faith that God is right?
How does Jesus’ statement in verse 35-36 answer the people’s question in verse 34?
How do you believe prophecy relates to its fulfillment? In other words, do people behave a certain way because it was destined to be, or could the prophesies have been different? For example, would Isaiah have been told something different than he said in Isaiah 53:1 if the people in Jesus’ time (and other times) had believed His report?
What does it mean when it says God hardened their hearts?
Were the rulers wrong or weak by not confessing Christ at that time for fear of the Pharisees? Some of them confessed Him later (Acts 6:7).
What does “the praise of God” mean? We always hear about how we should praise God, but how could God praise us? Do you want the praise of God? (See also 1 Corinthians 4:5.) Is there anything about you now that God could praise?
Look back on our previous conversation regarding Jesus’ judgement, including John 5:22. Sometimes He seems to say that He has been given all judgment by the Father, sometimes He seems to say that He judges no one. Now, in verse 48, He says that the word itself will judge those who reject Him. How do you understand God’s judgment?

My prayer is:
that in every situation, even unto death, my attitude would be, “God be glorified;”
that I would have faith in Christ, even if I don’t understand everything now;
and that my main goal would be to have the praise of God, not the praise of humans.

Who gathered the next day? Why?
What did they do?
What did they say?
What did Jesus ride on? What prophecy was that a fulfillment of?
When did the disciples understand all of this? What was the result?
Why did this group of people assemble to honor Jesus this way? What had they previously witnessed?
What frustrated the Pharisees?
Who else was among those at the Feast?
Who did they come up to? What did they ask him?
Who did he go tell?
What was Jesus’ response to this? What hour has come?
What happens to the grain if it dies?
What happens to those who love their lives? What happens to those who hate their lives?
What two things happen with those who serve Christ?

Thought Questions

Read verses 17 and 18 again. Why were these people honoring Jesus this way? Do you think all of them continued to honor Him? Why or why not?
What kind of king did the people expect Jesus to be?
Do you think the people involved knew that they were fulfilling the prophecy of Zechariah 9:9?
Why didn’t the disciples understand these things then? Why do you think they understood better after Christ was glorified? Is prophecy always given for the purpose of telling things in advance, or sometimes to help us understand after things have happened? How do you feel about God when you find out that something He had predicted far beforehand comes true?
Why did Greeks come to a Jewish festival? What does this tell you about which cultures or nationalities will be saved in God’s Kingdom?
Why do you think Philip and Andrew might have been involved with communicating with the Greeks? Look again at John 1:40-45. How can we help bring each other to Jesus in practical ways?
How was Jesus’ answer in verse 23 related to the question of seeing the Greeks? In other words, what’s the connection between Greeks coming to see Jesus, and the hour coming that Jesus should be glorified? (See John 12:32)
How is Christ glorified? How would you elaborate on and apply the idea that if a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it brings forth much fruit?
What does Jesus mean by loving/hating your life? What do you love or hate about your life? What would you be willing to give it up for?

My prayer is:
a prayer of praise and “Hosanna” to him who gives life, raises the dead, and is the fulfillment of ancient prophecies;
that I would not only be drawn to Christ because of His glorification, but that I would help others to come to Him as well;
and that I would not love my life on earth so much that I’d be unwilling to give it up for God’s Kingdom.

Where did Jesus go? When was that? What had happened there?
Who did Jesus have supper with?
Who anointed the feet of Jesus? What did she use? What did she wipe Jesus’ feet with?
What did Judas Iscariot say?
What was his motive for saying that?
What did Jesus say that Mary was anointing Him for?
Who will we always have with us? Who will we not always have with us?
Why did all those Jews want to come to that event?
Who did they want to kill? Why?

Thought Questions

Why do you think Mary anointed Jesus’ feet?
How should we honor our friends before their funerals, not after? Are there some things you can think of that people do to honor the dead that ought to be done when they are alive to appreciate it?
Do you think Mary anticipated criticism for her act? Do you have to courage to honor Jesus in ways that others would disapprove of?
Did Judas have a good point about giving the money to the poor, or not? Should we be generous to the needy? What is the difference (or differences) in this situation?
Did anyone at that time, on either side, doubt that Lazarus had been dead or that he had been raised from the dead? How do you know?

My prayer is:
that I would honor and show loving affection to those in my life so that they know I love them, and not wait until their funerals;
that I would honor Christ above all, with everything I have, first and best.