What happensPermalink
Jesus continues teaching at the Last Supper. He says this discourse is intended to keep His disciples from falling away when persecution inevitably comes. Sorrow is coming, but then everlasting joy.
Why it mattersPermalink
Jesus predicts sorrow, then joy. Most plainly His death, then resurrection; but also the disciples’ falling away, then restoration.
Key versePermalink
“So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.”