John 13:4

He got up from dinner and took off his outer clothing. Then he took a towel and wrapped it around himself.

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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

3He knew that the Father had given everything over into his hands and that he had come from God and was going back to God.

5Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the feet of the disciples and dry them with the towel that he had put around himself.

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Cross References

Luke 12:37Blessed are those servants whom the master will find watching when he comes. Truly I say to you, he will tuck in his long clothing at his belt, and have them sit down at the table, and he will come and serve them.

Luke 22:27For who is greater, the one who sits at the table, or the one who serves? Is it not the one who sits at the table? Yet I am among you as one who serves.

Philippians 2:6He existed in the form of God, 1 but he did not consider his equality with God 1 as something to hold on to. 1

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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