John Calvin's Bible Commentary
John 13:4
4.And layeth aside his garments. The meaning is, that he laid aside his upper garment, not his coat; for we know that the inhabitants of Eastern countries wore long garments
4.And layeth aside his garments. The meaning is, that he laid aside his upper garment, not his coat; for we know that the inhabitants of Eastern countries wore long garments
Verse John 13:4. _HE RISETH FROM SUPPER_] Not from _eating_, as Bishop Pearce has well observed, but from his place at table; probably the dishes were not as yet laid down, though the guests were sea...
HE RISETH FROM SUPPER - Evidently while they were eating. See John 13:2. LAID ASIDE HIS GARMENTS - His outer garment. See the notes at Matthew 5:40. This was his mantle or robe, which is said to have...
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...
HE RISETH FROM SUPPER, AND LAID ASIDE HIS GARMENTS. Shortly after they had sat down to the table, he arose, laid aside his outer robe, girded. towel upon him, and began the lowly office of washing the...
THE ROYALTY OF SERVICE (John 13:1-17)...
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...
RISETH. App-178. from. Greek. _ek._ App-104. SUPPER. supper table (as we should say), i.e., after they had taken their places. GARMENTS, i.e. the outer garment. Greek. _himation,_ translated "robe "i...
_He riseth from supper_, &c. Or, _from_ THE _supper:_the article perhaps marks the supper as no ordinary one. "This is the realism of history indeed.… The carefulness with which here, as in the accoun...
ΤᾺ ἹΜΆΤΙΑ. HIS UPPER GARMENTS which would impede His movements. The plural includes the girdle, fastenings, &c. (John 19:23). The minuteness in John 13:4-5 shews the eyewitness. Luke 22:27....
Ver 1. Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them t...
_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....
ΈΓΕΊΡΕΤΑΙ _praes. ind. pass. от_ ΈΓΕΊΡΩ (G1453) подниматься; hist, _praes._ ΛΑΒΟΊΝ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΛΑΜΒΆΝΩ (G2983) брать. _Aor._ описывает предшествующее действие. ΛΈΝΤΙΟΝ (G3012) полот...
HE RISETH FROM SUPPER,— As it is here asserted that Christ rose from supper, we must allow that, in some sense, supper was begun. Probably, the antepast had been taken, which is mentioned by the Jews...
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...
He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself. HE RISETH FROM SUPPER, AND LAID [RATHER, 'LAYETH' titheesin (G5087 )] ASIDE HIS GARMENTS (WHICH WOULD HAVE...
37 What better proof could be found that they were walking in darkness than their rejection of the Man of Sorrows? The prophets plainly foretold their action and yet they are too much in the dark to s...
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;...
RISETH] The disciples had been disputing (Luke 22:24) which of them should be accounted greatest, and, as we gather from Christ's rebuke (Luke 22:27), not one of them would serve at supper, for fear o...
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...
HE RISETH FROM SUPPER, AND LAID ASIDE’ HIS GARMENTS. — Comp. Notes on Luke 22 _et seq._ We there read of “a strife among them which of them should be accounted the greatest.” It is placed by St. Luke...
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 person, and in this mood and in these circumstances, on the brink of His own passion, is free to attend to the wants of unworthy men, and ἐγείρεται … διεζωσμένος. “He rises,” having reclined at t...
_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...
He (c) riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself. (c) In that he is said to rise, it argues that there was a space of time between the ceremony of the pass...
_He riseth from supper; that is, after supper was done, or ended, as it is here said, (ver. 2. and 1 Corinthians xi. 25.) girded himself like a servant, to wash and wipe the feet of his apostles. (Wit...
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...
“[Jesus] _rises from the supper and lays aside his garments; and, taking a towel, he girds himself._ 5. _Then he pours water into the basin; and he began to wash the feet of his disciples and to wipe...
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...
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...
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...
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...
HE RISETH FROM SUPPER,.... In the midst of the entertainment, and which no doubt was considerable, his mind being intent on something else; and it being his meat and drink to do his Father's will, he...
He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself. Ver. 4. _He riseth from supper_] So the rite of the Paschal supper required; as Beza showeth in his annotatio...
_Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God_, &c. That is, although he was conscious of his own greatness, as being invested with the government o...
HIS GARMENTS; his mantle or outer garment....
HE RESET FROM SUPPER, AND LAID ASIDE HIS GARMENTS, AND TOOK A TOWEL AND GIRDED HIMSELF....
JESUS WASHING THE DISCIPLES' FEET. John 13:1 At the Passover meal:...
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...
HE RISETH FROM SUPPER. What supper? Is the question. We are told, that the Jews had two suppers upon the paschal night, which was the 14th day of the month Nisan. The first was the passover supper, wh...
Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book III Afterward He puts water into a bason; and as we were sitting at meat, He came and washed the feet of us all, and wiped them with the towel."[62]...
John 13:4 rose G1453 (G5743) from G1537 supper G1173 and G2532 aside G5087 (G5719) garments G2440...
‘Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going to God, rose from supper, and laying aside his top clothes, took a towel and wrapped it...
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...
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 13:4. HE RISETH FROM THE SUPPER, AND LAYETH DOWN HIS GARMENTS, AND HAVING TAKEN A TOWEL GIRDED HIMSELF. How wonderful the act when compared with the circumstances (mentioned in the previous verse...
RISETH FROM SUPPER (εγειρετα εκ του δειπνου). Vivid dramatic present middle indicative of εγειρω. From the couch on which he was reclining.LAYETH ASIDE (τιθησιν). Same dramatic present active of...
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,_ 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...
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...
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...
SO JESUS ROSE FROM THE TABLE. No word of explanation! Something is unusual here! This is not some new _rite,_ but a deep spiritual lesson. (1) The disciples expected the immediate creation of the King...
_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...
_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...
2 Corinthians 8:9; Luke 12:37; Luke 17:7; Luke 22:27; Philippians 2:6
From the supper [ε κ τ ο υ δ ε ι π ν ο υ]. Out of the group gathered at the table. Laid aside [τ ι θ η σ ι]. Present tense : layeth aside. Garments [ι μ α τ ι α]. See on Matthew 5:40. Upper garments...
Layeth aside his garments — That part of them which would have hindered him....
Observe here, The admirable humility and great self-denial of our Lord and Master: he arises from supper, whilst his disciples sat still, and he that came in the form of. servant, performs all the off...