CHAPTER XXII

JOHN A PROVIDER OF THE PASSOVER

The Betrayer--A Lamb and a Place--Not Judas, but Peter and John--A
Secret Sign--The Goodman of the House--A New Friendship--Upper
Room--"Furnished"--"Prepared"--Paschal Lamb--Child Memories--John and
the Baptist--Temple Worship--Obeying Silver Trumpets--Slaying of the
Lamb--Chant and Response--Lamb and Lamps--Alone with Jesus--Jerusalem
Chamber--John and the Upper Room 148


CHAPTER XXIII

JOHN'S MEMORIES OF THE UPPER ROOM

The Open Door of the Upper Room--Door Ajar--Revelation by John--Two
Statements by Luke--Cause of Contention--John's Relation to the
Quarrel--Sittings at the Table--John and Judas Beside Jesus--Two Things
About Jesus--Grieved Spirit--Bethany Recalled--A Great Contrast--Love
and Reproof--Lesson Ended--A Sacred Relic--A Guest an Enemy--Troubled
Spirit--"Verily, Verily"--Looking and Doubting--John's Gaze--"Is It
I?"--Peter and the Great Secret--Jesus' Hint of the Great
Secret--Meaning of the Sop--Judas and Satan--Departure of Judas--"It Was
Night"--A New Name--A New Command--Farewell Words and Prayer and
Song--Closed Door to be Opened Again 154


CHAPTER XXIV