Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him. An oft-repeated saying (see the note at ).
Verse John 13:16. _THE SERVANT IS NOT GREATER THAN HIS LORD_] Christ has ennobled the acts of humility by practising them himself. The true glory of a Christian consists in being, in his measure, as h...
THE SERVANT IS NOT ... - This was universally true, and this they were to remember always, that they were to manifest the same spirit that he did, and that they were to expect the same treatment from...
CHAPTER 13 _ 1. The Washing of the Disciples' Feet. (John 13:1 .)_ 2. Instructions given; to Wash One Another's Feet. (John 13:12 .) 3. The Betrayal Foretold. (John 13:18 .) 4. His Own Departure an...
THE MEANING OF THE ACT: THE ONE EXCEPTION. The disciples recognise in Him their teacher and master. They should, therefore, follow His example by helping each other even in the lowliest services. The...
THE SERVANT IS NOT GREATER THAN HIS LORD. If the Lord then should thus condescend, how much rather the servant. To follow the Lord's example the necessary thing is not that he should gird on. towel a...
Before the Festival of the Passover, Jesus, in the knowledge that his hour had come to leave this world and to go to the Father, although he had always loved his own people in the world, decided to sh...
THE ROYALTY OF SERVICE (John 13:1-17)...
VERILY, VERILY. The eighteenth occurance of this solemn expression. See John 1:51. Three more occurances in this chapter: John 13:20; John 13:21; John 13:38....
_The servant is not greater than his lord_ This SAYING occurs four times in the Gospels, each time in a different connexion: (1) to shew that the disciples must expect no better treatment than their M...
THE INNER GLORIFICATION OF CHRIST IN HIS LAST DISCOURSES...
ΟΥ̓Κ ἜΣΤΙΝ ΔΟΥ͂ΛΟΣ Κ.Τ.Λ. This saying occurs four times in the Gospels, each time in a different connexion: (1) to shew that the disciples must expect no better treatment than their Master (Matthew 10...
Ver 12. So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set down again, he said to them, Know you what I have done to you? 13. You call me Master and Lord: and you say well; for...
_JESUS WASHED THE FEET OF HIS DISCIPLES -- JOHN 13:1-20:_ The time was just before Passover. Jesus knew that the time of His death was at hand. He would soon leave this world and return to the Father....
ΜΕΊΖΩΝ (G3187) _сотр. от_ ΜΈΓΑΣ великий; _сотр._ более великий. Здесь относится к власти и положению. Используется с _gen._ сравнения, ΆΠΌΣΤΟΛΟΣ (G652) в нетерминологическом смысле: "посланник" ΠΈΜΨ...
THE LESSON ON LOVING SERVICE _Text 13:12-20_ 12 So when he had washed their feet, and taken his garments, and sat down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you? 13 Ye call me, Te...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 13:12-20 The following is given as an Analysis of the second section of John 13:— The opening portion of John 13 makes known the provision which Divine love has...
The most menial service the Lord could perform for them was the washing of their feet. No wonder Peter protested! He has not fully learned the lesson that the Lord is abasing Himself even to death, be...
13:16 bondman (f-8) See Note, Matthew 10:24 . sent (g-17) Lit. 'apostle.'...
THE LAST SUPPER 1-17. The Supper and the Feet-washing. This supper is identified by almost all modern authorities with the Last Supper, which took place on Thursday night at Jerusalem (Matthew 26:20;...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 13 JESUS WASHES HIS *DISCIPLES’ FEET 13:1-11 V1 It was the day before the *Passover. Jesus knew that it was time for hi...
THE SERVANT IS NOT GREATER THAN HIS LORD. — These words have already occurred in the earlier Gospels in another connection. (Comp. Note on Matthew 10:24, and Luke 6:40.) They occur again in this Gospe...
VI. _ THE FOOT-WASHING._ "Now before the feast of the Passover, Jesus knowing that His hour was come that He should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved His own which were in the wor...
_Jesus washes the disciples' feet and explains His action_....
And as confirmatory of this example and in rebuke of their pride, He adds: οὐκ ἔστι δοῦλος … αὐτόν. In Matthew 10:24 a similar saying occurs; _cf._ also Luke 6:40, and Luke 22:27. The slave whose func...
THE MASTER'S EXAMPLE John 13:12-20 Notwithstanding His great humility, Jesus expects to be regarded as Master and Lord; do we so call and treat Him? We must be as willing to obey Him as a soldier to...
For a time our Lord now devoted Himself to His own, and in this connection we have the account of His washing the disciples' feet. The whole action was Eastern, and was the action of a slave: By what...
FOOT-WASHING John 13:1-20. “And before the feast of the Passover, Jesus, knowing that the hour has come that He must depart out of this world to His Father, having loved His own in the world with Divi...
THIRD PART: THE DEVELOPMENT OF FAITH IN THE DISCIPLES. 13:1- 17:26. THE third part of the Gospel describes the last moments which Jesus passed with His disciples; while making us acquainted with the s...
“ _When therefore he had washed their feet and taken his garments again, having resumed his seat at table_, _he said to them, Know you what I have done to you?_ 13. _You call me Master and Lord_, _and...
ADDITIONAL NOTES BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR. Vv. 12-20. 1. The explanation of the act performed by Jesus which is here given evidently points towards humility, and thus is easily connected with the dispu...
And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's s on, to betray him; (3) Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was c...
The point at which we have arrived gives me an opportunity of saying a little on the beginning of this chapter, and the end of the last; for it is well known that many men, and, I am sorry to add, not...
16._Verily, verily, I tell you. _These are indeed proverbial sayings, which admit of a far more extensive application, but which ought to be accommodated to the case in hand. In my opinion, therefore,...
Now, then, the Lord has taken His place as going to the Father. The time was come for it. He takes His place above, according to the counsels of God, and is no longer in connection with a world that h...
VERILY, VERILY, I SAY UNTO YOU,.... This is a strong way of asseveration, and is used when anything of moment and importance, and worthy of attention and observation is delivered. THE SERVANT IS NOT...
Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him. Ver. 16. _The servant is not greater, &c._] This answers all our excep...
_Verily, the servant is not greater than his lord_ And therefore ought not to think much either of doing or suffering the same things. _If ye know these things_ Therefore, knowing your duty in this pa...
The application of the washing of feet to the disciples:...
VERILY, VERILY, I SAY UNTO YOU, THE SERVANT IS NOT GREATER THAN HIS LORD; NEITHER HE THAT IS SENT GREATER THAN HE THAT SENT HIM....
WASHING HIS DISCIPLES' FEET (vs.1-17) We are brought now to consider the last hours of the Lord Jesus before the cross. No longer does He minister to the world, but to His own disciples, from chapte...
1-17 Our Lord Jesus has a people in the world that are his own; he has purchased them, and paid dear for them, and he has set them apart for himself; they devote themselves to him as a peculiar peopl...
SEE POOLE ON "1 THESSALONIANS 13:15...
Pseudo-Tertullian Against All Heresies not agreeing with Cerinthus in every point; in that he affirms the world[49] Pseudo-Tertullian Against All Heresies lord, "[50] Cyprian Treatise XII Three Bo...
John 13:16 Most G281 assuredly G281 say G3004 (G5719) you G5213 servant G1401 is G2076 (G5748) not...
“With the strongest emphasis (truly, truly) I tell you, a slave is not greater than his Lord, nor is one who is sent (Gk. ‘an apostle', one who is sent) greater than the one who sent him. If you know...
THE WASHING OF THE FEET: A LESSON IN HUMILITY (JOHN 13:1). Two major lessons come out from this passage. The first is that of the example that Jesus was giving of true humility in love and service. He...
John 13:16. VERILY, VERILY, I SAY UNTO YOU, NO SERVANT IS GREATER THAN HIS LORD; NEITHER ONE THAT IS SENT GREATER THAN HE THAT SENT HIM. How often does Jesus speak of Himself in this gospel as the ‘Se...
We enter here upon the fifth of those sections into which we have seen that the Gospel is divided; and the section extends to the close of chap. 17. The scene and the circumstances of the actors in it...
IS NOT GREATER (ουκ εστιν μειζων). Comparative adjective of μεγας (greater) followed by the ablative case κυριου (contrast between slave, lord) and του πεμψαντος (articular participle of πεμπω, to s...
John 13:1 The Washing of the Feet When we seek to wash a brother's feet we must be very careful about three things, which I give in the quaint way in which I have somewhere seen them expressed. I. ...
John 13:1. _Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved...
John 13:1. _Now before the feast of the passover,_ Or, just as it was about to begin, John 13:1. _When Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, havi...
CONTENTS: Last Passover. Jesus washes disciples' feet. Betrayal foretold, also Peter's denial. CHARACTERS: Jesus, God, Judas, disciples, Peter, Satan. CONCLUSION: What was consistent with the dignity...
John 13:1. _Before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come._ What now transpired was on the Tuesday, while at supper in the house of Simon. Judas was now rebuked before all p...
_Now before the feast of the Passover._ A THREE-FOLD MARVEL I. A MARVELLOUS LOVE: that of Christ for His own. Marvellous in respect of 1. Its time. (1) Before the feast of the Passover, when His t...
JOHN 13:1 The Farewell Teaching and the Passion Narrative. The second half of John’s Gospel consists of Jesus’ farewell teaching (chs. John 13:1) and the events surrounding his death and resurrection...
1-38 CHAPTER 13 VER. 1. _Before the Feast of the Passover._ About the thirteenth day of the first month; the Passover, say the Greeks, having to be celebrated by the Law of the Jews on the fourteenth...
_Verily, verily I say to you, The slave is not greater than his Lord, nor the messenger than He that sent him._ Foreseeing the contention about the chief place which would soon follow, Christ insists...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 13:1. BEFORE THE FEAST, ETC.—Jesus came to Jerusalem steadfastly resolved to finish the work given Him to do (Luke 12:50, etc.). These words are not to be connect...
EXPOSITION IV. THE FINAL MANIFESTATIONS IN WORD AND ACTION OF THE LOGOS INCARNATE, EXPRESSING ITSELF ABSOLUTELY AND TO THE UTTERMOST AS
Let's turn to the thirteenth chapter of the gospel according to John. We have come into a new section of the gospel of John, which carries us through chapter 17. And Chapter s 13 through 17 cover a pe...
John 15:20; John 3:3; John 3:5; Luke 6:40; Matthew 10:24;...
Verily, verily. See on John 1:51; John 10:1. The servant. No article. Better a servant, as Rev., a bond - servant. He that is sent [α π ο σ τ ο λ ο ς]. Literally, an apostle. See on Matthew 10:2....
The servant is not greater than his lord — Nor therefore ought to think much of either doing or suffering the same things....