John 13:4

riseth from the supper, and layeth aside his garments, and took a towel, and girded himself.

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

3he, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he came forth from God, and was going to God,

5Then he poureth water into the basin, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded.

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Cross References

Luke 12:37Happy are those servants, whom their lord when he cometh shall find watching; truly do I say to you, that he will gird himself, and place them at table, and will come and wait on them.

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

Philippians 2:6who, being in the form of God, did not regard it as a thing to be grasped at to be on an 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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