~ Then Jesus Prays ~

"You believe at last!"  Jesus answered.
"But a time is coming, and has come,
when you will be scattered,
each to his own home.
You will leave Me all alone.
Yet I am not alone,
for My Father is with Me.

"I have told you these things,
so that in Me you may have peace.
In this world you will have trouble.
But take heart!
I have overcome the world."

After Jesus said this,
He looked toward heaven and prayed:

"Father, the time has come.
Glorify Your Son,
that Your Son may glorify You.
For You granted Him authority over all people
that He might give eternal life
to all those you You have given Him.
Now this is eternal life:
that they may know You, the only true God,
and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.
I have brought You glory on earth
by completing the work You gave Me to do.
And now, Father,
glorify Me in Your presence
with the glory I had with You
before the world began.

(John 16:31-33; 17:1-5)