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John 13:4 KJV
John · chapter 13 · verse 4
He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself.John 13:4 · King James Version
John 13:4 in context
2And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him;
3Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God;
4He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself.
5After that he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples’ feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded.
6Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- garmentshimationa garment , garmentsG2440 →
- risethegeirōto arouse, cause to rise, to arouse from sleep, to awake, to arouse from the sleep of…G1453 →
- supperdeipnonsupper, especially a formal meal usually held at the evening,, used of the Messiah s…G1173 →
- girdeddiazōnnymito bind or gird all around, to gird one s self with a thing, gird a thing around one s…G1241 →
- asidetithēmito set, put, place, to place or lay, to put down, lay down, to bend down, to lay off or…G5087 →
- towellentiona linen cloth, towel, of the towel or apron with which servants put on when about to workG3012 →
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It has generally been taken for granted by commentators that Christ's washing his disciples' feet, and the discourse that followed it, were the same night in which he was betrayed, and at the same sitting wherein he ate the passover and instituted the Lord's supper;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-17