John 13:4

Got up from table, put off his robe and took a cloth and put it round him.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself.

In Context

3Jesus, being conscious that the Father had put everything into his hands, and that he came from God and was going to God,

5Then he put water into a basin and was washing the feet of the disciples and drying them with the cloth which was round him.

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Cross References

Luke 12:37Happy are those servants who are watching when the lord comes; truly I say to you, he will make himself their servant and, placing them at the table, he will come out and give them food.

Luke 22:27For which is greater, the guest who is seated at a meal or the servant who is waiting on him? is it not the guest? but I am among you as a servant.

Philippians 2:6To whom, though himself in the form of God, it did not seem that to take for oneself was to be like God;

Matthew Henry on John 13:2-18

Christ Washing the Disciples' Feet; Necessity of Obedience. 1 Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end. 2 And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him; 3 Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God; 4 He riseth from… Read the whole commentary →

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