John 13:4

He rises from the supper, and lays aside His garments, and taking a towel, girded Himself;

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

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

In Context

3knowing that the Father has given all things into His hands, and He came out from God, and is going away to God,

5then He pours water into a bowl, and began to wash the feet of the disciples, and to wipe them with the towel with which He was girded.

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Cross References

Luke 12:37Blessed are those servants, whom the lord having come will find watching: truly I say unto you, that he will gird himself, and have them sit down, and having come will serve them.

Luke 22:27For which is the greater, he that sitteth at the table, or the waiter? is not the one sitting? but I am in the midst of you as the waiter.

Philippians 2:6who, being in the form of God, thought it not usurpation to be equal 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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