11:1–12:50. Introducing the passion

Technically, the introduction to the passion stretches from 11(or, more generally, from 1:19!) to the passion proper; but we have separated 13:1–17(technically, perhaps 13:31–17:26) to mark off the last discourse, which constitutes a major component of the passion introduction. Some commentators view chs. 11 and 12 as an interlude between the two halves of the Gospe1.⁷⁵³³