<p>19:28&nbsp;<i>And Jesus said to them: Truly I say to you: You who have followed me-&nbsp;</i>This is in response to Peter's claim that they had &quot;left all and followed You&quot; (:27). The Lord doesn't include Peter's claim that they had &quot;left all&quot;, but rather focuses upon the 'following Me'. This may well have been because He knew that Peter had not in fact &quot;left all&quot; to the degree that Peter thought he had (see on :27). They hadn&rsquo;t then grasped the idea of what really following involved; they hadn&rsquo;t in one way or another laid down their lives with Christ. And then there is the problem of &ldquo;twelve&rdquo;. Judas didn&rsquo;t follow to the end, and will not sit upon a throne in the Kingdom. The Lord surely means, therefore: &ldquo;You who will have followed me&hellip;&rdquo;. Or is that He spoke of &ldquo;the twelve&rdquo; as a title for the group of disciples, and what He meant was that even at that early stage He counted their desire to follow Him to the cross as if they had done it? We must see our failing, following brethren likewise. He counted His sheep as following Him (Jn. 10:27) even then, although he knew they were not then strong enough to follow Him to the end (Jn. 13:36). The risen Lord especially wanted the women to tell Peter that He was &lsquo;going before him&rsquo; to Galilee (Mk. 16:7)- with the implication that even in his weakness and dejection, He wanted Peter to still try to follow Him and re-live the cross in his life.</p>