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John 13:25
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13:4
Luke 12:37; 22:27
13:5
Luke 7:44
John 12:3
13:8
Ezek 36:25
1 Cor 6:11
Eph 5:26
Titus 3:5
13:10
John 15:3
13:11
John 6:64, 70-71; 13:2
13:13
1 Cor 12:3
13:14
Luke 22:27
1 Tim 5:10
1 Pet 5:5
13:15
Phil 2:5-7
1 Pet 5:3-5
1 Jn 2:6; 3:16
13:16
ddoulos (1401)
John 15:15
13:17
Jas 1:25
13:18
*Ps 41:9
13:20
Matt 10:40
Luke 10:16
13:21-30
//Matt 26:21-25
//Mark 14:18-21
//Luke 22:21-23
13:23
John 19:26
13:25
John 21:20
God and would return to God. 4So he got up
from the table, took off his robe, wrapped a
towel around his waist, 5and poured water
into a basin. Then he began to wash the dis
ciples’ feet, drying them with the towel he
had around him.
6When Jesus came to Simon Peter, Peter
said to him, “Lord, are you going to wash my
feet?”
7Jesus replied, “You don’t understand now
what I am doing, but someday you will.”
8“No,” Peter protested, “you will never
ever wash my feet!”
Jesus replied, “Unless I wash you, you
won’t belong to me.”
9Simon Peter exclaimed, “Then wash my
hands and head as well, Lord, not just my
feet!”
10Jesus replied, “A person who has bathed
all over does not need to wash, except for
the feet, to be entirely clean. And you disci
ples are clean, but not all of you.” 11For Jesus
knew who would betray him. That is what
he meant when he said, “Not all of you are
clean.”
12After washing their feet, he put on his
robe again and sat down and asked, “Do
you understand what I was doing? 13You
call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and you are
right, because that’s what I am. 14And since
13:4-5 Foot washing, common in the
Hellenistic and Jewish cultures as a
daily routine and as a gesture of hospitality (see Luke 7:36-50), was a lowly,
menial task reserved for servants. When
Jesus began to wash the disciples’ feet,
he took the posture of a slave.
13:8 Based on the depth of his devotion to Jesus, it is understandable that
Peter protested. But Jesus was not
simply giving Peter a model of service;
this was a symbolic pre-enactment of
his greater act of sacrifice on the cross
(13:7). Receiving Jesus’ spiritual cleansing is a condition for discipleship, so if
Peter could not accept this act, he could
not be Jesus’ disciple at all.
13:9 wash my hands and head as well:
Peter misunderstood Jesus (cp. 2:19-20;
3:3-4). Peter thought that to have more
water was to have more of Jesus. Only
when Peter received the Spirit did
everything become clear (e.g., see Acts
2:14-36).
13:10 Jesus referred to an ultimate
cleansing through his sacrifice which
makes a person clean all over. Some
manuscripts do not include except for
the feet.
13:14-15 Jesus’ acts of service, such as
washing feet and dying on the cross,
provided an example of personal sacri
I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your
feet, you ought to wash each other’s feet. 15I
have given you an example to follow. Do
as I have done to you. 16I tell you the truth,
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slaves are not greater than their master.
Nor is the messenger more important than
the one who sends the message. 17Now that
you know these things, God will bless you
for doing them.
18“I am not saying these things to all of
you; I know the ones I have chosen. But this
fulfills the Scripture that says, ‘The one
who eats my food has turned against me.’
19I tell you this beforehand, so that when
it happens you will believe that I A M the
Messiah. 20I tell you the truth, anyone who
welcomes my messenger is welcoming me,
and anyone who welcomes me is welcoming
the Father who sent me.”
Jesus Predicts Judas’s Betrayal
John 13:21-30 // Matt 26:20-25 // Mark 14:17-21 //
Luke 22:21-23
21Now Jesus was deeply troubled, and he ex
claimed, “I tell you the truth, one of you will
betray me!”
22The disciples looked at each other, won
dering whom he could mean. 23The disciple
Jesus loved was sitting next to Jesus at the
table. 24Simon Peter motioned to him to ask,
“Who’s he talking about?” 25So that disciple
fice to follow. wash each other’s feet:
Foot washing was so commonplace
that Jesus might have intended a literal
repetition of his act, or he might have
seen it as symbolic. Either way, Jesus
wants similar servanthood and sacrifice
to characterize his followers.
13:16 slaves are not greater than their
master: This proverb was popular and
appears in many places (see also 15:20;
Matt 10:24; Luke 6:40). Here, Jesus
meant that the sacrifice modeled by
the master should be seen in the life of
the servant.
13:18 I am not saying these things to all
of you: The subject of Judas’s betrayal
enters the story for the third time (13:2,
11). The matter weighed heavily on
Jesus (13:21). I know the ones I have
chosen: The statement does not imply
that Jesus chose only the eleven and
that Judas was an outcast. Jesus chose
Judas and gave him every opportunity
to believe. He realized that Judas had
embraced the darkness rather than the
light (6:70). The one who eats my food
has turned against me (literally has
lifted his heel against me): See Ps 41:9.
Eating together was a cultural symbol of
personal intimacy, which made Judas’s
betrayal all the more treacherous.
13:19 Judas’s betrayal did not take Jesus
unaware, and it should not shock his
disciples when it happens. that I AM
the Messiah: Or that the ‘I AM’ has come;
or that I am the LORD; literally that I am.
By using the phrase “I am,” Jesus clearly
equated himself with the God of the OT.
See Exod 3:14.
13:21 For the third time, Jesus was
deeply troubled (literally was troubled
in his spirit; Greek tarasso; see 11:33;
12:27). The personal betrayal of Judas
brought Jesus profound grief.
13:23 The disciple Jesus loved appears
at the cross (19:26-27), at the tomb
(20:2-9), and at the resurrection (21:1,
20-23). He is the author of this Gospel
(21:24-25). Some scholars believe that
Lazarus was in fact the disciple whom
Jesus loved (see 11:3, 5, 36), but the
person referred to here was among the
twelve apostles, usually identified as
the apostle John. was sitting next to
Jesus at the table: Literally was reclining
on Jesus’ bosom. They were probably
reclining at a triclinium, a U-shaped
table with couches. Guests reclined on
the couches, while the center provided
access to servers. The diners supported
their bodies by their left elbows while
using their right hands for eating. Feet
were extended away from the table (cp.
Luke 7:38).
13:25 Peter told “the disciple Jesus
loved” (13:23), who was sitting next to
