John 13:4

he rises from supper, and lays aside his garments, and taking a towel, he wound it about himself.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

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

5Then he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples’ feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which he was begirt.

Read all of John 13

Cross References

Luke 12:37Blessed are those servants, whom the Master, when he cometh, shall find watchful: verily I say unto you, that he will gird up himself, and make them sit down at table, and come and wait upon them.

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

Philippians 2:6who being in the form of God counted it no usurpation to claim 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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study John 13:4