Supper. N. Lohfink (GeistLeb 36 [1963], 271–81) has pointed out a parallelism between the demand of the covenant God of Sinai to be loved exclusively by His people (Deut 6:5) and the demand for exclusive love on the part of Jesus who is God’s visible presence among men, establishing a new covenant with them. The introduction of the theme of the Paraclete in 16–17 is not too abrupt when the gift of the Paraclete is associated with the theme of having one’s prayers answered by God (13–14). We get the
Page 644