Suffering Death
“Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world and pass to the Father. . . . [Jesus] got up from the table, took off his outer robe, and tied a towel around himself” (John 13:1, 4). This “passing” at the time of the final meal (at the foot washing) is usually interpreted as a leap or a...
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Zusammenfassung: | “Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world and pass to the Father. . . . [Jesus] got up from the table, took off his outer robe, and tied a towel around himself” (John 13:1, 4). This “passing” at the time of the final meal (at the foot washing) is usually interpreted as a leap or as a “point of departure for moving beyond,” to take up the celebrated phrase of Plato’s dialectic (Resp. 6: 511b). In fact, certainly in philosophy, but also in theology, it seems as if “passing from this world” would mean for |
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