What does John 13:38 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Jesus answered him,Wilt thou lay down thy life for my sake? Verily, verily, I say unto thee, The cock shall not crow, till thou hast denied me thrice."
Verse John 13:38. _THE COCK SHALL NOT CROW_, c.] Matthew 26:34. Dr. Lightfoot has very properly remarked that we must not understand these words, as if the cock should not crow at all before Peter had...
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 a...
JOHN 13:33 TO JOHN 17:26. THE LAST DISCOURSES AND PRAYER. Perhaps this is the best place to consider the general arrangement and character of the final discourses. They present the same problems of st...
WILT THOU LAY DOWN THY LIFE? The Lord reveals to him his weakness. It was then night. Before the cock shall crow for the dawn of the next morning he will have thrice denied his Lord. For the fulfilme...
THE ROYALTY OF SERVICE (John 13:1-17)...
ANSWERED HIM. All the texts read, "answereth". The. A. NOT. by no means. Greek. _ou me._ App-105. CROW. Greek. _phoneo._ Same word as in John 13:13. DENIED. utterly denied (Greek. _aparneumai),_ alw...
_I say unto thee_ In the parallel passage in S. Luke (Luke 22:34) Christ for the first and only time addresses the Apostle by the name which He had given him, -I tell thee, _Peter_;" as if He would re...
ἈΠΟΚΡΊΝΕΤΑΙ for ἀπεκρίθη αὐτῷ: ΦΩΝΉΣΗΙ for φωνήσει: ἈΡΝΉΣΗΙ for ἀπαρνήσῃ. We now enter upon the second main division of the Gospel. The Evangelist has given us thus far a narrative of CHRIST’S MINIST...
VER 36. SIMON PETER SAID TO HIM, LORD, WHERE DO YOU GO? JESUS ANSWERED HIM, WHERE I GO YOU CAN NOT FOLLOW ME NOW; BUT YOU SHALL FOLLOW ME AFTERWARDS. 37. PETER SAID TO HIM, LORD, WHY CANNOT I FOLLOW Y...
_JESUS SAID PETER WOULD DENY HIM -- JOHN 13:36-38:_ Simon Peter asked the Lord where He was going. Jesus told Peter that he could not go with Him now but that he would later on. Peter did not have a f...
ΘΉΣΕΙΣ _fut. ind. act. от_ ΤΊΘΗΜΙ, _см._ John 13:37. ΦΩΝΉΣΗ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΦΩΝΈΩ (G5455) звать, издавать звук (_см._ Matthew 26:34-75; Mark 14:30-73; Luke 22:34-61). Совершенный _aor._ подчерки...
THE SACRIFICING SERVANT OF CHRIST _Text 13:31-38_ 31 When therefore he was gone out, Jesus saith, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him; 32 and God shall glorify him in him...
Jesus answered him, Wilt thou lay down thy life for my sake? Verily, verily, I say unto thee, The cock shall not crow, till thou hast denied me thrice. JESUS ANSWERED HIM, WILT THOU LAY DOWN THY L...
34 As our Lord is about to leave His beloved disciples, He compresses His ministry into one new precept-love. That was to be their law and their life and make them a light in the world. This should ch...
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 him...
WILT THOU LAY DOWN THY LIFE FOR MY SAKE? — Comp. for this phrase Note on John 10:11. The pronouns are emphatic, and there is a solemn emphasis in the repetition of what St. Peter had said. He was usin...
VIII. _ JESUS ANNOUNCES HIS DEPARTURE._ "When therefore he was gone out, Jesus saith, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in Him; and God shall glorify Him in Himself, and straightwa...
to John 14:31 comprise one continuous conversation, introduced by Jesus' announcement (John 13:31-35) of His speedy departure....
THE SIGN AND SEAL OF DISCIPLESHIP John 13:31-38 It was a relief when the traitor was gone. The Lord could now speak freely of His love and of His approaching glory, expatiating on the shining tablel...
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...
The love which St. Peter bore our Saviour was exceedingly tender, but it was not yet sufficiently strong. (St. Bernard, Serm. iv. in Cant.) --- Jesus therefore asks him, _Wilt thou lay down thy life f...
JESUS PREDICTS THE FALL OF PETER AND THE DISPERSION OF THE APOSTLES Matthew 26:31-35; Mark 14:27-31; Luke 22:31-38; John 13:36-38. N.B. They are all still at the supper-table except Judas, who, at nig...
ADDITIONAL NOTES BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR. Vv. 31-38. 1. The departure of Judas, leaving Jesus alone with His faithful disciples, turns His thoughts again to the glory and triumph awaiting Him, comp. J...
Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered him, Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards. (37) Peter said unto him, Lord, why cannot I f...
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...
38._Wilt thou lay down thy life for me? _Christ did not choose to debate with Peter, but wished that he should grow wise by his own experience, like fools, who never grow wise till they have received...
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 HIM, WILT THOU LAY DOWN THY LIFE FOR MY SAKE,.... Christ speaks these words as questioning, not Peter's sincerity, but his strength; or as deriding him, or rather pitying him; as if he...
Jesus answered him, Wilt thou lay down thy life for my sake? Verily, verily, I say unto thee, The cock shall not crow, till thou hast denied me thrice. Ver. 38. _The cock shall not crow_] Christ ment...
_Simon Peter saith, Lord, whither goest thou_, &c. The exalted virtue which our Lord had just inculcated, did not make so strong an impression on Peter's mind, as the words which he had before spoken,...
NET CROW; MATTHEW 26:74; LUKE 22:60....
Peter's boast and the Lord's correction:...
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...
36-38 What Christ had said concerning brotherly love, Peter overlooked, but spoke of that about which Christ kept them ignorant. It is common to be more eager to know about secret things, which belong...
Mark saith, _before the cock crow twice._ So the other three evangelists must be expounded, who say no more than _before the cock crow, _ not mentioning how often; but the history makes it good, that...
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THE PATH TO GLORY WHICH JESUS MUST TREAD ALONE (JOHN 13:31). The opening two verses reflect Jesus' awareness of the pivotal nature of the situation. As He thought back to the glory which had been His...
Judas has now gone out; Jesus is alone with the disciples whom He loved; and the last disturbing element has been removed from the midst of the little company. But the hour is come when the servants m...
WILT THOU LAY DOWN? (θησεισ;). Jesus picks up Peter's very words and challenges his boasted loyalty. See such repetition in John 16:16; John 16:31; John 21:17.SHALL NOT CROW (φωνηση). Aorist activ...
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 dignit...
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...
SIMON PETER ASKED HIM. For notes on Peter's denial of Christ, see Matthew 26:31-35....
_Lord, whither goest Thou?_ UNLAWFUL CURIOSITY It is a common fault among us to be more inquisitive concerning things secret, which belong to God only, than concerning things revealed, which belong...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 13:38 THE ROOSTER WILL NOT CROW. See also Matthew 26:34; Mark 14:30; Luke 22:34. Mark specifies the first two individual crowings (as evidently Jesus did), while Matthew, Luke, and J...
JESUS PREDICTS PETER'S DENIAL MATTHEW 26:31-35; MARK 14:27-31; LUKE 22:31-34; JOHN 13:36-38; MATTHEW 26:31 Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is writ...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 13:36. “Thou canst not now be a Peter, for the Petra (or Rock) has not yet consolidated thee with His Spirit; but thou shalt follow Me by dying on the cross as I...
EXPOSITION IV. THE FINAL MANIFESTATIONS IN WORD AND ACTION OF THE LOGOS INCARNATE, EXPRESSING ITSELF ABSOLUTELY AND TO THE UTTERMOST AS LOVE. (Jn 13-21.) In two divisions— A._ The inner glorificatio...
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 10:12; John 18:16; John 18:17; John 18:25; Luke 22:34; Luke 22:56; Mark 14:30; Mark 14:66; Matthew 26:34; Matthew 26:69;
Wilt thou lay down thy life ? For a similar repetition of Peter's own words, see on 21 17....
The cock shall not have crowed — That is, cock crowing shall not be over, till thou hast denied me thrice — His three — fold denial was thrice foretold; first, at the time mentioned here; secondly, at...