He wanted talk to them about these final days. He wanted to get them ready for his death and resurrection. They heard the news about his death. They were not able to hear the news about his resurrection. So they began to prepare for his death, but arguing about who would take his place.
Life is a game.
Someone wins and someone loses. Someone is first and someone is second. But John von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern, the founders of game theory, tell us that's not always true. There are two kinds of games. In zero-sum games there is a winner and a loser.