When Christ says "Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me" to the Apostles all of them say "is it I?" This is interesting to me. In my mind, because I know that Judas is the one to betray Jesus, I always think of Judas as a sort of slimy, untrustworthy guy. However, he was an Apostle appointed by CHRIST. He obviously had to seem like a pretty awesome guy. This means that all of the Apostles had no idea which Apostle was going to be the one to betray Christ.
In John 14, it talks a little about doing greater works than what Jesus did on the Earth. The study manual helped me understand that he was referring to works in the eternities. This is where what he did on Earth has real meaning that is where they should look to behold his glory.
Also in John 14, the gift of the Holy Ghost is discussed. It seems kind of funny that while Christ was with them the Apostles didn't have the Holy Ghost. However, if you think about it, they didn't really need the Holy Ghost. They could get guidance from Jesus Christ, the son of God. They had one member of the Godhead, so they didn't need the Holy Ghost. Once they did not have the constant companionship of Christ, they had need for the constant companionship of the Holy Ghost. That is why they received the Holy Ghost later on.
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