John 13:4

riseth from supper, and setteth his garments apart, and took a towel, (and) bound (it) upon his loins;

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

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

In Context

3But Jeshu himself, because he knew that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that from Aloha he had come forth, and unto Aloha he was going,

5and he poured water into a basin, and began to wash the feet of his disciples, and wiped (them) with the towel that he had bound upon his loins.

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Cross References

Luke 12:37Blessed those servants who, when their lord shall come, shall be found watching. Amen I tell you, He will gird his loins, and make them recline, and will come over and serve them.

Luke 22:27For who is greatest, he who reclineth, or he who serveth? Is not he who reclineth? But I am among you as he who serveth.

Philippians 2:6who, when he was in the form of Aloha, considered this not to be robbery, (this, namely,) that he was the co-equal of Aloha:

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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