New Commandment

The New Commandment is a term used in Christianity to describe Jesus's commandment to "love one another" which, according to the Bible, was given as part of the final instructions to his disciples after the Last Supper had ended,[1] and after Judas Iscariot had departed in John 13:30.

—John 13:33–35 (KJV; emphasis added)This commandment appears thirteen times in twelve verses in the New Testament.

[6] The statement of the new commandment by Jesus in John 13:34–35 was after the Last Supper, and after the departure of Judas.

[7] The commandment was prefaced in John 13:34 by Jesus telling his remaining disciples, as little children, that he will be with them for only a short time, then will leave them.

The first part of the Great Commandment alludes to Deuteronomy 6:4–5, a section of the Torah which is recited at the beginning of the Jewish prayer known as Shema Yisrael.