<p>13:36- see on Jn. 21:18,19.</p><p><i>Simon Peter said to him: Lord, where do you go? Jesus answered: Where I go, you cannot follow now, but you shall follow afterwards</i>- As noted on :32 and :33, the Lord was going to the cross, but to an unenterable mutual intercourse between Father and Son which would be to the profoundest glory of them both. This was unenterable by the spiritually immature disciples at that stage. The Lord was indeed telling Peter that he was not yet able to die for Him, but He would do so ultimately. But the essence of &quot;Where I go&quot; was to this intimate unity with the Father which was unenterable by the disciples at that stage. But the promise of the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, would mean that the Lord's prayer of chapter 17 could and would come true- that the depths of His unity and mutual glorification with the Father would become true for them too.</p><p>The question is &ldquo;Where are you going?&quot;, in the context of the Lord going to the cross. Yet later, the Lord pointed out that &ldquo;Not one of you asks me, &lsquo;Where are you going?&rsquo;&rdquo; (Jn. 13:36; 16:5). Clearly enough the Lord&rsquo;s point was that Peter had enquired about the cross, but not really enquired. Peter took 'Where the Lord is going' as referring to a literal place, or His death. But as noted on :32 and :33, where the Lord was going, as He understood it, was the most profound unity between Father and Son. And is it that same with us? That we wish to know of the cross, but we are not <i>really</i> enquiring as to it, as the personal and spiritual implications are too great for us? It wasn&rsquo;t that Peter was unaware of the cross and the Lord&rsquo;s teaching about it; it was rather that he and we failed to let the realities sink home and failed to appreciate the deep spiritual implications of it all. The Lord had clearly taught Peter that He must lay down His life for the sheep (Jn. 10:11)- but Peter wished to sacrifice his own life to save Jesus&rsquo; having to do this (Jn. 13:36-38). So great was Peter&rsquo;s barrier to the idea of the Lord Jesus having to die. And we too run into this same barrier with the cross of Christ; it&rsquo;s why, e.g., we find it so hard to make an extended study of the crucifixion, why people walk out of movies about the Passion of Christ half way through, why we find it hard to concentrate upon the simple facts of the death of Christ at their memorial meetings&hellip;&nbsp;</p>