the moment is signaled by Jesus’ taking with him Peter, James and John (14:33). This same trio had been the privileged witnesses of the raising of Jairus’ daughter from the dead (5:37) and the transfiguration (9:2). And these three, along with Andrew (13:3), had heard Jesus’ final discourse on the Mount of Olives, predicting the travails of the community in history and ending with a warning “to stay awake!” (13:37). Now these disciples who had witnessed the high points of his ministry would be with