John 13:4

arose from the supper, and laid aside his long garments, and took a linen cloth, and wrapped it about his loins;

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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

In Context

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

5and poured water into a wash-basin, and began to wash the feet of his disciples: and he wiped them with the linen cloth with which he had girded his loins.

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Cross References

Luke 12:37Happy are those servants, whom their lord, when he cometh, shall find so doing. Verily I say to you: He will gird his loins, and make them recline, and will pass around and serve them.

Luke 22:27For, which is the greater, he that reclineth, or he that serveth? Is not he that reclineth? But I am among you, as he that serveth.

Philippians 2:6who, as he was in the likeness of God, deemed it no trespass to be the coequal of 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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