precedes Pentecost; thus, Year A (1) uses 1–11, Year B (2) uses 11–19, Year C (3), has 20–26. In a very influential modern book about this chapter we read: “The speaker is not a needy petitioner but the divine revealer and therefore the prayer moves over into being an address, admonition, consolation, and prophecy” (Ernst Käsemann, p. 5). The supper-table discourse may be considered as ended here or not, as the “high-priestly prayer” of Jesus is taken to be a part of it or a fresh start because of