John 13:8
“You shall never wash my feet!” exclaimed Peter. “Unless I wash you,” answered Jesus, “you have nothing in common with me.”
Twentieth Century New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
7“You do not understand now what I am doing,” replied Jesus, “but you will learn by and by.”
9“Then, Master, not my feet only,” exclaimed Simon Peter, “but also my hands and my head.”
Cross References
Matthew 16:22But Peter took Jesus aside, and began to rebuke him. “Master,” he said, “please God that shall never be your fate!”
Matthew 26:33“If every one else falls away from you,” Peter answered, “I shall never fall away!”
John 3:5“In truth I tell you,” answered Jesus, “unless a man owes his birth to Water and Spirit, he cannot enter the Kingdom of God.
Acts 22:16And now why wait any longer: Be baptized at once, wash away your sins, and invoke his Name.
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 →