back up again”). There are very few occasions in this Gospel where Jesus is not implicitly or explicitly making some such self-claim. What was the preceding Cana-Wine incident if not a quiet but implicit claim for Jesus’ uniqueness? What is our present story if not an explicit claim? Jesus’ Resurrection gave the disciples occasion to trust the Scripture more (with its sentences like this story’s “Passion for your House will tear me to pieces,” Ps. 69:9, foreseeing Jesus’ zeal for God’s honor leading
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