richmahn_en_tn/jhn/16/01.md

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Connecting Statement:

The part of the story from the previous chapter continues. Jesus reclines at the table with his disciples and continues to speak to them.

you will not fall away

Here the phrase "fall away" implies to stop putting one's trust in Jesus. You can translate this in an active form. AT: "so that you would not stop trusting in me because of the difficulties you must face." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)

the hour is coming when everyone who kills you will think that he is offering a service to God

"it will someday happen that a person will kill you and think he is doing something good for God."

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