John 13:4

So Jesus stood up from eating supper, took off his robe and wrapped a towel around his waist.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

3Jesus knew that the Father had placed everything under his authority, and that he had come from God and was going back to God.

5He poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples' feet, drying them with the towel he had wrapped around him.

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Cross References

Luke 12:37How good it will be for those servants that the master finds watching when he returns. I tell you the truth, he will get dressed, have them sit down for a meal, and will come and serve them himself!

Luke 22:27Who is greater—the one who sits at the table, or the one who serves? Isn't it the one who sits at the table? But I'm among you as the one who serves.

Philippians 2:6Though in his nature he was always God, he wasn't concerned to cling onto his equality 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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