John 13:4

He riseth from supper and layeth aside his garments and, having taken a towel, girded himself.

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

3Knowing that the Father had given him all things into his hands and that he came from God and goeth to God,

5After that, he putteth water into a basin and began to wash the feet of the disciples and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded.

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Cross References

Luke 12:37Blessed are those servants whom the Lord, when he cometh, shall find watching. Amen I say to you that he will gird himself and make them sit down to meat and passing will minister unto them.

Luke 22:27For which is greater, he that sitteth at table or he that serveth? Is not he that sitteth at table? But I am in the midst of you, as he that serveth.

Philippians 2:6Who being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with 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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