John 13:7
And Jesus, answering, said to him, What I do is not clear to you now, but it will be clear to you in time to come.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter.
In Context
6So he came to Simon Peter. Peter said, Lord, are my feet to be washed by you?
Cross References
Jeremiah 32:43And there will be trading in fields in this land of which you say, It is a waste, without man or beast; it is given into the hands of the Chaldaeans.
Daniel 12:12A blessing will be on the man who goes on waiting, and comes to the thousand, three hundred and thirty-five days.
John 12:16(These things were not clear to his disciples at first: but when Jesus had been lifted up into his glory, then it came to their minds that these things in the Writings were about him and that they had been done to him.)
John 13:36Simon Peter said to him, Lord, where are you going? Jesus said in answer, Where I am going you may not come with me now, but you will come later.
James 5:7Go on waiting calmly, my brothers, till the coming of the Lord, like the farmer waiting for the good fruit of the earth till the early and late rains have come.
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 →