John 17:24). Yet, despite these parallels, Didache ix–x mentions the eucharistic bread and wine, while John 17 does not. The theme of unity in John 17 is a theme often associated with the Eucharist, but one must admit that such a reference to the Eucharist is far less obvious than what we found in John 6:51–58. And so we would qualify that eucharistic interpretation of the prayer in 17 as no more than possible. The thesis of the liturgical usage of 17 as a hymn is also possible, but this thesis can