Jesus shows the meaning of love in the moment between Judas walking out and Peter's predicted denial. If this had never happened, I can't imagine someone inventing it. As the door closes behind Judas, Jesus explains his glory: it's his love. Jesus told Judas to go. The door closed behind him. Then Jesus told Peter he couldn't go, and Peter insisted he could. Peter couldn't. Peter heard Jesus say he would lay down his life for the sheep. Now Peter offers to do the same for his shepherd. Judas represents the outright rejection of Jesus. Peter shows us that even his most passionate determination to love is not enough. When I was 10 or 11, I would pray at night, "Jesus, if you want me to, I could take your place on the cross." But had I faced the horror of the cross, I would have run away. I think Jesus would have said to me what he said to the disciples, "Little child." It's moments after Judas has twisted the knife. He's talking to grown men. Until this moment, God's highest standard for how we love each other was the requirement from Leviticus, "Love your neighbor as yourself." As yourself. But Jesus says, "Love as I have loved you." How has he loved us? See Jesus loving both Judas and Peter. Now we understand what he's asking of us. His love humbles us. Who can say they are like him? Yet strangely, it delights us. Look again. See how Jesus loved his disciples! As his love transforms us into beloved disciples, we will love like him. Eventually, Peter did give his life for Jesus. The love Jesus commands and the love Jesus gives are identical.