glorified, and God is glorified in Him; and God shall glorify Him in
Himself, and straightway shall He glorify Him. Little children, yet
a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek Me: and as I said unto
the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say unto you. A new
commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; even as I
have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men
know that ye are My disciples, if ye have love one to another. Simon
Peter saith unto Him, Lord, whither goest Thou? Jesus answered,
Whither I go, thou canst not follow Me now; but thou shalt follow
afterwards. Peter saith unto Him, Lord, why cannot I follow Thee
even now? I will lay down my life for Thee. Jesus answereth, Wilt
thou lay down thy life for Me? Verily, verily, I say unto thee, The
cock shall not crow, till thou hast denied Me thrice. Let not your
heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in Me. In My
Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have
told you; for I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and
prepare a place for you, I come again, and will receive you unto
Myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. And whither I go, ye
know the way."--JOHN xiii. 31-xiv. 4.

When Judas glided out of the supper-room on his terrible mission, a
weight seemed to be lifted from the spirit of Jesus. The words which
fell from Him, however, indicated that He not only felt the relief of
being rid of a disturbing element in the company, but that He recognised
that a crisis in His own career had been reached and successfully passed
through. "Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in Him."
In sending Judas forth He had in point of fact delivered Himself to
death. He had taken the step which cannot be withdrawn, and He is
conscious of taking it in fulfilment of the will of the Father. The
conflict in His own mind is revealed only by the decision of the
victory. No man in soundness of body and of mind can voluntarily give
himself to die without seeing clearly other possibilities, and without
feeling it to be a hard and painful thing to relinquish life. Jesus had
made up His mind. His death is the beginning of His glorification. In
choosing the cross He chooses the crown. "The Son of man is glorified"
in His perfect self-sacrifice that wins all men to Him; and God is
glorified in Him because this sacrif