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John 13:7
Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now, but thou shalt know hereafter.
Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now, but thou shalt know hereafter.
Verse John 13:7. _WHAT I DO THOU KNOWEST NOT NOW_, c.] As if our Lord had said, Permit me to do it now, and I will shortly explain to you the nature of this action, and my motives for doing it. _THO...
THOU KNOWEST NOT NOW - Though he saw the action of Jesus, yet he did not fully understand the design of it. It was a symbolical action, inculcating a lesson of humility, and intended to teach it to th...
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...
JOHN 13. THE REVELATION TO THE DISCIPLES. John 13:1. The Agape and the Foot Washing. According to Jn. the events of the Passion are the voluntary sacrifice of Love. He loved His own to the end. At the...
THOU KNOWEST NOT NOW; BUT THOU SHALT KNOW HEREAFTER. "You do not understand this matter fully now, but thou shalt know hereafter." There was much that was not clear to the dull understandings of the...
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)...
NOT. Greek. _ou._ App-105. NOW. Greek. _arti. just_ now. KNOW. get to know. Greek. _ginosko._ App-132. HEREAFTER. after (Greek. _meta._ App-104.) these things....
_What I do thou knowest not_ Here both pronouns are emphatic and are opposed. Peter's question implied that he knew, while Christ did not know, what He was doing: Christ tells him that the very revers...
Ὃ ἘΓῺ Π. ΣῪ ΟΥ̓Κ ΟἸΔΑΣ. Ἐγώ and σύ are in emphatic opposition. S. Peter’s question implied that he knew, while Christ did not know, what He was doing: Jesus tells him that the very reverse is the case...
Ver6. Then comes he to Simon Peter: and Peter said to him, Lord, do you wash my feet? 7. Jesus answered and said to him, What I do you know not now; but you shall know hereafter. 8. Peter said to him,...
_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....
ΆΠΕΚΡΊΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. (dep.) от_ ΆΠΟΚΡΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G611) отвечать, ΓΝΏΣΗ _fut. ind. act. от_ ΓΙΝΏΣΚΦ (G1097) знать....
HEREAFTER.— Μετα ταυτα ;—_after these things;_ and accordingly our Lord, after he had finished the washing, explains the meaning of this symbolical acti...
THE ACT OF LOVING SERVICE _Text 13:1-11_ 1 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 t...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 13:1-11 Below is an Analysis of the passage which is to be before us:— We are now to enter upon what many believers in each age have regarded as the most precio...
Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter. JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO HIM, WHAT I DO THOU KNOWEST NOT NOW: - q.d., 'Such condescension does...
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...
13:7 know (d-13) The first 'know' is conscious, the second objective. see Note, 1 Corinthians 8:1 ....
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...
WHAT I DO THOU KNOWEST NOT NOW. — Here both pronouns are emphatic, and convey a rebuke to Peter. His words had almost implied that the Lord’s.act was wholly out of place, as of one who knew not what h...
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...
This was a right impulse and honourable to Peter; and therefore Jesus treats it tenderly. ὃ ἐγὼ ποιῶ … μετὰ ταῦτα, “what I am doing thou dost not at present comprehend, but thou shalt learn as soon as...
_Jesus washes the disciples' feet and explains His action_....
JESUS GLORIFIES HUMBLE SERVICE John 13:1-11 In the Temple the laver preceded the brazen altar. It was kept filled with pure water for the constant washing of the priests; Exodus 30:18-21; Leviticus 1...
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...
“ _He comes therefore to Simon Peter, and he says to him, Lord_, _Dost thou wash my feet?_ 7. _Jesus answered and said to him, What I do, thou knowest not now, but thou shalt know hereafter._ 8. _Pete...
ADDITIONAL NOTES BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR. With reference to the individual words and phrases of John 13:1-11 the following suggestions may be offered: 1. The _hour_, which has been spoken of in the ea...
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...
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...
_THE MYSTERY OF FAITH_ ‘What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter.’ John 13:7 These words sum up the whole mystery of faith. In a sense, though faith is the true knowledge of Go...
7._What I do. _We are taught by these words, that we ought simply to obey Christ, even though we should not perceive the reason why he wishes this or that thing to be done. In a well-regulated house,...
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...
JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO HIM,.... Christ replies, WHAT I DO, THOU KNOWEST NOT NOW: Peter knew that he was about to wash his feet, and the rest of his disciples, but he did not know the meaning an...
Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter. Ver. 7. _But thou shalt know hereafter_] Different degrees of knowledge are bestowed at several times....
_Jesus said, What I do thou knowest not now_ Thou dost not now know what I intend by this action, but thou shalt know hereafter, a declaration which we may apply on many occasions, for many of his wor...
KNOWEST NOT NOW; BUT THOU SHALT KNOW; the meaning or object of what he did....
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...
Our Lord, seeing Peter's general design good, though he mistook as to this particular act, tells him, that at present he did not understand his counsel and design in this action, but it should be more...
John 13:7 Jesus G2424 answered G611 (G5662) and G2532 said G2036 (G5627) him G846 What G3739 I...
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...
‘Then he comes to Simon Peter. He says to him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?” Jesus answered and said to him, “What I am doing you do not now perceive, but you will know fully later”. Peter sa...
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...
John 13:7. JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO HIM, WHAT I DO THOU KNOWEST NOT NOW; BUT THOU SHALT LEARN HEREAFTER. The Great Teacher now takes in hand the task of instructing the warmhearted but impulsive d...
I... THOU (εγω... συ). Jesus repeats the pronouns used by Peter in similar contrast.NOT NOW (ουκ αρτ). Just now αρτ means (John 9:19; John 9:25). Used again by Jesus (verse John 13:33) and Peter ...
John 13:7 The Contrast between Present and Future Knowledge I. It is a very interesting thing to consider ourselves here as only in the childhood of our being, our full manhood being reserved for ano...
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...
_Jesus answered and said to him, What I do thou knowest not now, but hereafter thou shalt know._ Christ means that in this washing of feet, mysteries are hidden which as yet Peter knew not. "Peter," s...
_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...
Daniel 12:12; Daniel 12:8; Habakkuk 2:1; James 5:7; Jeremiah 32:24;...
Knowest - shalt know [ο ι δ α ς - γ ν ω σ η]. The A. V. ignores the distinction between the two words. "Thou knowest not" [ο υ κ ο ι δ α ς], of absolute and complete knowledge. Thou shalt learn or per...
What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter — We do not now know perfectly any of his works, either of creation, providence, or grace. It is enough that we can love and obey now, and...