John 13:3

and Jesus knew that God gave him power over everything so that he can do anything. And he knew that he came from God and that he was going back to God again soon.

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In The King James Version

Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God;

In Context

4Then he stood up from the table, took off his coat, and tied a towel around himself.

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Cross References

Matthew 28:18Then Jesus said to them, “God, my father, has made me boss over everything now. I’m boss over everything up in heaven. And I’m boss over everything down here on the earth.

John 1:18Nobody has ever seen God. But the special man, the one that is God, he is always with his father. He is the one that showed us what God is like.

John 3:35God, the father, loves his son very much and gave him power over everything.

John 7:29But I do know him. You see, God sent me here. I came from him, so I know him.”

John 8:42Jesus said to them, “No. God is not your father. You see, God sent me here. It wasn’t my idea to come here, God sent me. But you don’t love me. So I know that God is not your father.

John 16:27You see, he loves you too. He loves you because you love me, and because you believe that I came from him.

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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