John 19:28-30 (KJV)
The Death of Jesus
28 Later, knowing that all was now completed, and so that the Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.” 29 A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus’ lips. 30 When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
John 14:1-31 (KJV)
God Will Send Another Comforter
1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
4 And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.
5 Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?
6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
7 If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.
8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us.
9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Show us the Father?
10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake.
12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.
15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
19 Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.
20 At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.
21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
22 Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?
23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
24 He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.
25 These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you.
26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
28 Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.
29 And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe.
30 Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.
31 But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.
I have purposely put these verses out of order...What I have written is that Jesus dies, and in the next several verses He is comforting His Disciples...When we realize this, we see He is the Great Comforter, and does not want us to be left comfortless...
Jesus last word's in John's Gospel (before His death) was "It is finished."...With that He bowed His head and gave up His Spirit...He has died on the cross for us...
But what makes this so interesting is that the night before His arrest -He is comforting His Disciples...This seems to me entirely -out of order...He is leaving and passing on, not His Disciples...In a short time, He will be hanging from a cross in catastrophic pain...He knows what is coming...He knows of His upcoming torture, then His death...His Disciples are not comforting Him...He is calm and telling them He is going to heaven to prepare a room for them...He is their Great Comforter, right before His death...Who on the night of there arrest and upcoming death, would be comforting their friends, about their own personal death and passing?...
And His conversation even gets more interesting...He tells His Disciples that He will not leave them comfortless...He continues and says (after I die) I will come to you...I Am in My Father, and He is in Me, and I in you...And My Father, who sent Me, will now send the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, and God will send Him in My name...And this Great Comforter will teach you all the things you need to know, and help you remember all the things that I have told you...So, when He leaves the Comforter will be around to help them and also comfort them (in His absence)...So, with the Holy Spirit, we do not have to let our hearts be troubled and worried or afraid -His is with us in Spirit, the Holy Spirit...
Jesus is claiming without doubt that He IS the Son of God...In fact, He is claiming something more...How can He say that anyone that has seen Him, has saw the Father?...That He is somehow in His Father, and His Father is someone in Him...And in that another curious statement that He makes: I will not leave you comfortless, so I will have God send you another Comforter, which will be the Holy Ghost, and He will be in you, and strengthen and help your memories about Me and what I have taught (that way He will always be with us)...And then you will be able to teach others about Me, because the Holy Ghost will bring all things to your remembrance (you will easily remember, what I have taught)...The Holy Spirit will teach you all these things...The statements He teaches us, to me, shows us He is from a different world...Our reason and our human logic find these statements hard to explain, but not quite unexplainable, if we believe who we think He is...
Who can say these types of things a few hours before their own death and comfort those around them, and then they actually happen?...He is telling us not only that His Presence makes things different, but now that I AM passing on -things will remain different, because I AM different...Who can say these things?...The only One I can think of is My LORD and My God...