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John 13:6 KJV
John · chapter 13 · verse 6
Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet?John 13:6 · King James Version
John 13:6 in context
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?
7Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter.
8Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- SimonsimōnPeter = " a rock or stone" , Peter was one of the apostles, Simon called Zelotes…G4613 →
- PeterpetrosPeter = " a rock or a stone" , one of the twelve disciples of JesusG4074 →
- Peterekeinoshe, she it, etcG1565 →
- saithlegōto say, to speak, affirm over, maintain, to teach, to exhort, advise, to command, direct…G3004 →
- Lordkyrioshe to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding master, lord…G2962 →
- washniptōto wash, to wash one's selfG3538 →
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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