Some disciples may have harbored the feeling that they might be mistaken in following Jesus who would soon depart or even die. Jesus countered their gloom and sadness with a firm command.
Pengine baadhi ya Wanafunzi walijisikia kwamba wataeleweka vibaya katika kumfuata Yesu, wakati alipoeleza kuondoka, hata na kufa kwake. Yesu alitamka kinyume cha huzuni na masikitiko yao kwa kuwapa agizo: Mtegemeeni Mungu kabisa, yeye ndiye msingi imara wakati wowote, hawezi kutingishwa wakati hata mengine yote yatatetemeka.