Early Church

Upper Room Discourse

Upper Room Discourse is dated AD 30. It is told in John 13:31–17:26. Jesus Christ is part of it.

When Judas had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in Him.

John 13:31 BSB

When did it happen?

Modern reckoning
AD 30
Traditional reckoning
AD 30

Dates before about 900 BC depend on how the Bible's own numbers are added up. Why the two reckonings differ.

Where is it in the Bible?

Who was there, and where?

Where: Jerusalem.

Which verses connect to John 13:31?

The strongest cross-references of the key verse, ranked by reader votes (OpenBible.info).

  1. If anyone speaks, he should speak as one conveying the words of God. If anyone serves, he should serve with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.

  2. John 14:136 votes

    And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

  3. John 7:395 votes

    He was speaking about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.

  4. John 16:145 votes

    He will glorify Me by taking from what is Mine and disclosing it to you.

  5. Through Him you believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and glorified Him; and so your faith and hope are in God.

  6. John 11:44 votes

    When Jesus heard this, He said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”

Events, people and places: Theographic Bible Metadata (Robert Rouse), CC BY-SA 4.0, reshaped; dates also from the sources named on each anchor.