John 13:4

rises from the dinner, and lays down His garments, and having taken a towel, He girded Himself;

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

3Jesus knowing that all things the Father has given to Him—into [His] hands, and that He came forth from God, and He goes to God,

5afterward He puts water into the basin, and began to wash the feet of His disciples, and to wipe with the towel with which He was being girded.

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Cross References

Luke 12:37Blessed those servants, whom the lord, having come, will find watching; truly I say to you that he will gird himself, and will cause them to recline, and having come near, will minister to them;

Luke 22:27for who is greater? He who is reclining, or he who is ministering? Is it not he who is reclining? And I am in your midst as He who is ministering.

Philippians 2:6who, being in the form of God, thought [it] not something to be seized to be equal to 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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