Significantly, John introduced his coverage of the events of that momentous evening by saying: “Because he knew before the festival of the passover that his hour had come for him to move out of this world to the Father, Jesus, having loved his own that were in the world, loved them to the end. ” ​ — John 13: 1.
Interesanti ir vārdi, ar kuriem Jānis sāka šī nozīmīgā vakara notikumu aprakstu: ” Pirms Pashā svētkiem, zinādams, ka Viņa stunda bija nākusi un ka Viņam no šīs pasaules jāiet pie Tēva, Jēzus parādīja savējiem, ko Tas šinī pasaulē bija mīlējis, Savu mīlestību līdz galam. ”