Now before athe Passover Feast, Jesus knew that bHis hour had come and it was time for Him to leave this world and return cto the Father. Having greatly loved His own who were in the world, He loved them and continuously loves them with His perfect love to the end .John 2:13; 11:55John 12:23John 13:3; 16:28 2 It was during supper, when athe devil had already put the thought of betraying Jesus into the heart of bJudas Iscariot, Simon’s son,John 6:70; 13:27John 6:71 3 that Jesus, aknowing that the Father had put everything into His hands, and that bHe had come from God and was now returning to God,John 3:35John 8:42 4 got up from supper, took off His outer robe, and taking a servant’s towel, He atied it around His waist.Luke 12:37; 17:8
5 Then He poured water into the basin and began awashing the disciples’ feet and wiping them with the towel which was tied around His waist.Gen 18:4; 19:2; 43:24; Judg 19:21; Luke 7:44; 1 Tim 5:10 6 When He came to Simon Peter, he said to Him, “Lord, are You going to wash my feet?” 7 Jesus replied to him, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but you will fully understand it alater.”John 13:12ff 8 Peter said to Him, “You will never wash my feet!” Jesus answered, “aUnless I wash you, byou have no part with Me we can have nothing to do with each other.”Ps 51:2, 7; Ezek 36:25; Acts 22:16; 1 Cor 6:11; Heb 10:22Deut 12:12; 2 Sam 20:1; 1 Kin 12:16 9 Simon Peter said to Him, “Lord, in that case, wash not only my feet, but also my hands and my head!” 10 Jesus said to him, “Anyone who has bathed needs only to wash his feet, and is completely clean. And ayou My disciples are clean, but not all of you.”John 15:3; Eph 5:26 11 For aHe knew who was going to betray Him; for that reason He said, “Not all of you are clean.”John 6:64; 13:2
12 So when He had washed their feet and aput on His outer robe and reclined at the table again, He said to them, “Do you understand what I have done for you?John 13:4 13 You call Me aTeacher and bLord, and you are right in doing so, for that is who I am.John 11:28John 11:2; 1 Cor 12:3; Phil 2:11 14 So if I, athe Lord and the Teacher, washed your feet, you ought to wash one another’s feet as well.John 11:2; 1 Cor 12:3; Phil 2:11 15 For I gave you this as aan example, so that you should do in turn as I did to you.1 Pet 5:3 16 I assure you and most solemnly say to you, aa slave is not greater than his master, nor is bone who is sent greater than the one who sent him.Matt 10:24; Luke 6:40; John 15:202 Cor 8:23; Phil 2:25 17 If you know these things, you are ablessed happy and favored by God if you put them into practice and faithfully do them.Matt 7:24ff; Luke 11:28; James 1:25 18 aI am not speaking of all of you. I know whom I have bchosen; but this has happened in order cthat the Scripture may be fulfilled: ‘dHE WHO EATS MY BREAD HAS RAISED UP HIS HEEL AGAINST ME as My enemy.’ Ps 41:9John 13:10fJohn 6:70; 15:16, 19John 15:25; 17:12; 18:32; 19:24, 36Ps 41:9; Matt 26:21ff; Mark 14:18f; Luke 22:21ff; John 13:21, 22, 26 19 From now on aI am telling you what will happen before it occurs, so that when it does take place you may believe that bI am He who I say I am—the Christ, the Anointed, the Messiah.John 14:29; 16:4John 8:24 20 I assure you and most solemnly say to you, athe one who receives and welcomes whomever I send receives Me; and the one who receives Me receives Him who sent Me in that same way.”Matt 10:40; Mark 9:37; Luke 9:48; 10:16; Gal 4:14
21 After Jesus had said these things, He awas 1troubled in spirit, and testified and said, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, bone of you will betray Me and hand Me over.”See note 11:33.John 11:33Matt 26:21f; Mark 14:18ff; Luke 22:21ff; John 13:18, 22, 26 22 The disciples began looking at one another, apuzzled and disturbed as to whom He could mean.Matt 26:21ff; Mark 14:18ff; Luke 22:21ff; John 13:18, 21, 26 23 1One of His disciples, awhom Jesus loved , was 2leaning against bJesus’ chest.Probably John the Apostle, author of this Gospel and brother of James the Apostle. The mother of John and James was Salome, who is believed to be the sister of Mary, the mother of Jesus. If so, Jesus and the brothers were related as cousins.As was customary in ancient times, everyone at the meal was reclining on his side on a long dining couch or bench. When there was a pause during the meal for discussion, it was common among close friends for one to lean back on the chest or shoulder of the other.John 1:18John 19:26; 20:2; 21:7, 20 24 So Simon Peter motioned to him and quietly asked him to ask Jesus of whom He was speaking. 25 Then aleaning back against Jesus’ chest, he asked Him privately, “Lord, who is it?”John 21:20 26 Jesus answered, “It is the one to whom I am going to give this piece of bread after I have dipped it.” So when He had dipped the piece of bread into the dish, He gave it to Judas, ason of Simon Iscariot.John 6:71 27 After Judas had taken the piece of bread, aSatan bentered him. Then Jesus said to him, “What you are going to do, do quickly without delay.”Matt 4:10Luke 22:3; John 13:2 28 But no one reclining at the table knew why He said this to him. 29 Some thought that, since Judas as the treasurer of the group ahad the money box, Jesus was telling him, “Buy what we need bfor the feast,” or that he was to 1cgive something to the poor.Passover was considered a special time for charitable gifts to the poor.John 12:6John 13:1John 12:5 30 After taking the piece of bread, he went out immediately; and ait was night.Luke 22:53
31 So when Judas had left, Jesus said, “Now is the time for athe Son of Man to be bglorified, and cGod is glorified in Him;Matt 8:20John 7:39John 14:13; 17:4; 1 Pet 4:11 32 [1if God is glorified in Him,] aGod will also glorify Him in Himself, and will glorify Him at once.Most early mss do not contain this phrase.John 17:1 33 aLittle children, I am with you only ba little longer. cYou will look for Me and, as I told the Jews, so I tell you now, ‘Where I am going, you are not able to come.’ John 8:211 John 2:1John 7:33John 7:34 34 I am giving you a anew commandment, bthat you 1love one another. cJust as I have loved you, so you too are to love one another.The key to understanding this and other statements about love is to know that this love (the Greek word agape) is not so much a matter of emotion as it is of doing things for the benefit of another person, that is, having an unselfish concern for another and a willingness to seek the best for another.John 15:12, 17; 1 John 2:7f; 3:11, 23; 2 John 5Lev 19:18; Matt 5:44; Gal 5:14; 1 Thess 4:9; Heb 13:1; 1 Pet 1:22; 1 John 4:7Eph 5:2; 1 John 4:10f 35 aBy this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you have love and unselfish concern for one another.”1 John 3:14; 4:20
36 Simon Peter said to Him, “Lord, where are You going?” Jesus answered, “aWhere I am going, you cannot follow Me now; but byou will be able to follow later.”John 13:33; 14:2; 16:5John 21:18f; 2 Pet 1:14 37 Peter said to Him, “Lord, why cannot I follow You now? aI will lay down my life for You!” Matt 26:33-35; Mark 14:29-31; Luke 22:33, 34John 13:37, 38: <IT>Matt 26:33-35; Mark 14:29-31; Luke 22:33-34</IT> 38 Jesus answered, “Will you really lay down your life for Me? I assure you and most solemnly say to you, abefore a rooster crows you will deny and completely disown Me three times.Mark 14:30; John 18:27