Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
John 13:14
This precept was obeyed literally by many ancient Churches on Maundy Thursday, and still is by the Roman and Eastern Churches.
This precept was obeyed literally by many ancient Churches on Maundy Thursday, and still is by the Roman and Eastern Churches.
Verse John 13:14. _YE ALSO OUGHT TO WASH ONE ANOTHER FEET._] That is, ye should be ready, after my example, to condescend to all the weakness of your brethren; to be willing to do the meanest offices...
YE ALSO OUGHT TO WASH ... - Some have understood this literally as instituting a religious rite which we ought to observe; but this was evidently not the design; because: * There is no evidence that...
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...
YE CALL ME MASTER AND LORD. You recognize the fact that. am your Lord and Master, or rather the Lord and Master. Master is used in the sense of teacher, but Lord in the sense of ruler. He then draws h...
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)...
IF THEN. Therefore if (App-118. a) L YOUR. the. OUGHT, &c. By Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (App-6) the act of feet-washing is put for the whole circle of offices of self-denying love. Literal feet-...
_your Lord and Master, have washed_ Rather, THE _Lord and_the _Master_, WASHED. For the construction comp. John 15:20 and John 18:23. _ye also ought to wash one another's feet_ The custom of -the feet...
THE INNER GLORIFICATION OF CHRIST IN HIS LAST DISCOURSES...
ΕἸ ΟΥ̓͂Ν ἘΓῺ ἜΝ. ὙΜΩ͂Ν Τ. Π. The pronouns are emphatic and opposed. The aorist indicates the act now accomplished: comp. John 15:20; John 18:23. But in English the perfect is more usual in such cases:...
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....
ΈΝΙΨΑ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΝΊΠΤΩ, _см._ John 13:5. ΟΦΕΊΛΕΤΕ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΟΦΕΊΛΩ (G3784) быть должным, быть обязанным. Используется для выражения человеческих и этических обязанностей (NIDNTT;...
DISCOURSE: 1678 CHRIST’S CONDESCENSION John 13:12. So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you? Ye call me...
IF I THEN—HAVE WASHED YOUR FEET, &C.— This was, even to a proverb, one of the lowest offices of menial attendants. See 1 Samuel 25:41. Dr. Evans well observes, (Christian Temper, vol. i, p. 81.) that...
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...
If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet. IF I THEN, YOUR LORD AND MASTER, HAVE WASHED YOUR FEET (O YE SERVANTS), YE ALSO (WHO ARE BUT FELLO...
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...
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...
YE OUGHT ALSO TO WASH ONE ANOTHER’S FEET. — The argument is _à fortiori._ If He had so humbled Himself as to do the work of a servant for them, much more ought they to humble themselves for each other...
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_....
Hence the _a fortiori_ argument: εἰ οὖν ἐγὼ ἔνιψα … πόδας, “if I then, Lord and Teacher, washed your feet, ye also ought (ὀφείλετε denoting moral obligation) to wash one another's feet”. “It is not th...
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...
You also ought to wash one another's feet. Not that he made this a standing precept according to the letter; but designed it as a lesson in humility. We find this custom literally observed in several...
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...
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...
“ _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...
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...
14._If then I, who am your Lord and Master. _This is an argument from the greater to the less. Pride hinders us from maintaining that equality which ought to exist amongst us. But Christ, who is far e...
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...
IF I THEN YOUR LORD AND MASTER,.... Christ argues from these titles and characters, which his disciples rightly gave him, and from what he had done to them, though he stood in such a superior relation...
If I then, _your_ Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet. Ver. 14. _Ye ought also to wash one another's feet_] What so great matter is it then to salute othe...
_So after he had washed their feet_, &c. After he had given them such a striking proof of his humility, condescension, and love, by performing to them the office of the meanest slave; _he said, Know y...
IF I, THEN, YOUR LORD AND MASTER, HAVE WASHED YOUR FEET, YE ALSO OUGHT TO WASH ONE ANOTHER'S FEET....
The application of the washing of feet to the disciples:...
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...
I have by this my action taught you to love, and to be ready also to serve, one another, and not to think much to serve them even in the lowest and meanest offices by which you can do them good; for w...
Cyprian Epistle V For then He washed His disciples' feet, saying, "If I, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet, ye ought also to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that y...
John 13:14 If G1487 I G1473 then G3767 Lord G2962 and G2532 Teacher G1320 washed G3538 (G5656) your...
‘So when he had washed their feet and taken his outer clothes and again sat down, he said to them “Do you know what I have done to you? You call me Master and Lord and you say well, for so I am. If 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...
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 13:14. IF I THEREFORE, THE LORD AND THE MASTER, HAVE WASHED YOUR FEET, YE ALSO OUGHT TO WASH ONE ANOTHER'S FEET. The order of the titles which Jesus assumes to Himself is changed in this as compa...
IF I THEN (ε ουν εγω). Argumentative sense of ουν (therefore). Condition of first class, assumed to be true, with first aorist active indicative of νιπτω, "If I, being what I am, washed your feet...
John 13:13 Consideration for the Poor I. It must have been a solemn lesson which our Lord chose to teach so earnestly on that last night of His presence with His disciples; and which He not only gave...
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...
YOU CALL ME TEACHER AND LORD. The disciple should not be ashamed to do what his Lord has done. SHOULD WASH EACH OTHER'S FEET. _"Be eager to show respect for one another"_ (Romans 12:10)....
_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—NOTE ON JOHN 13:14 YOU ALSO OUGHT TO WASH ONE ANOTHER’S FEET. Footwashing continues as a regular ceremony in some Christian denominations. Others see it as a symbolic teaching about serving one a...
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...
1 Corinthians 8:13; 1 Corinthians 9:19; 1 Peter 4:1; 1 Peter 5:5;...
Your. Inserted in A. V. Better, the Lord and the Master as Rev. Both have the article. Ought [ο φ ε ι λ ε τ ε]. The verb means to owe. It occurs several times in John's Epistles (1 John 2:6; 1 John 3:...
Ye ought also to wash one another's feet — And why did they not? Why do we not read of any one apostle ever washing the feet of any other? Because they understood the Lord better. They knew he never d...