On the eve of His Passion, Christ Jesus interceded for the disciples as their High Priest, asking His Father to protect and preserve them in His name. Then, by His self-sacrifice upon the cross, Christ consecrated Himself for the sake of His disciples, “that they also may be sanctified in truth.” To that same end, He gives them His Father’s Word, that is, Himself. His apostles, in turn, have written these things to you, “that you may know that you have eternal life.” By this testimony, disciples of all times are gathered as one Body in Christ, prayerfully waiting upon the Lord in “the upper room” of His Church on earth.
