Week 13 of 21 · John 13 · Thursday February 11
Loved to the End
Knowing His hour had come and that all things were in His hands, Jesus loved His own to the end and showed it by washing their feet. He cleanses those who belong to Him and commands them to love one another as He has loved them. Judas and Peter both fail, but they go different ways with their failure.
“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. “By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”John 13:34–35
MondayRead John 13 twice and mark itMon Feb 8
TuesdayStudy notes and the Observe questionsTue Feb 9
WednesdayInterpret, Weigh the Teachers and ApplyWed Feb 10
Thursday eveningTogether: the film, the worksheet, prayerThu Feb 11
Season 5, Episode 7 · “The Upper Room Part I”Jesus washes the disciples’ feet (13:1–21).
Season 5, Episode 5 · “Because of Me”“One of you will betray Me” (13:21).
Read it against John 13
- Season 5 does not put the Last Supper in one episode. It opens every episode with a piece of it, out of order. Read John 13–17 straight through to keep John’s order.
- A teen boy named Mark leads Peter and John to the room. Identifying him as Mark is tradition and the show’s choice; John does not say.
- Compare the betrayal scene with 13:23–30: the disciple whom Jesus loved, the morsel given to Judas, and “it was night.”
The Chosen is a drama, not Scripture. Watch it to picture the people and places, then test every scene by the text — “examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so” (Acts 17:11). God’s Word is the truth; where the film differs, the Word wins.