John 13:10 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Jesus saith to him,He that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all. ”

John 13:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He that is washed - This is a difficult passage, and interpreters have been divided about its meaning. Some have supposed that it was customary to bathe before eating the paschal supper, and that...
John 13:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

John 13. The Revelation to the Disciples. John 13:1-11 . The Agape and the Foot Washing. According to Jn. the events of the Passion are the voluntary sacrifice of Love. He loved His own to the en...
John 13:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

washed . bathed. Greek. louo. App-186. Note the distinction between washing the whole body, and washing only. part of it. Compare 1 Corinthians 6:11 . clean . Greek. katharos. Occurs twenty-s...
John 13:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

10. He who is washed needeth not to wash more than his feet, but is altogether clean. First, he says that believers are altogether clean; not that they are in every respect pure, so that...
John 13:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all. He that is washed - That is, he who has been in the bath, as probabl...
John 13:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all. Jesus saith to him, He that is washed, х leloumenos ( G306...
John 13:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Last Supper 1-17. The Supper and the Feet-washing. This supper is identified by almost all modern authorities with the Last Supper, which took place on Thursday night at Jerusalem ( Matthew 26...
John 13:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

He that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet. — Better, He who has bathed ... St. Peter’s words have implied that he was wholly unclean, and needed for feet, and head, and hands, for the wh...
John 13:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

VI. THE FOOT-WASHING. "Now before the feast of the Passover, Jesus knowing that His hour was come that He should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved His own which were in the...
John 13:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jesus Glorifies Humble Service John 13:1-11 In the Temple the laver preceded the brazen altar. It was kept filled with pure water for the constant washing of the priests; Exodus 30:18-21 ; Le...
John 13:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

For a time our Lord now devoted Himself to His own, and in this connection we have the account of His washing the disciples' feet. The whole action was Eastern, and was the action of a slave: By what...
John 13:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's s on, to betray him; (3) Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was...
John 13:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jesus saith to him, he that is washed ,.... Not he that is baptized; for every such person is not wholly clean, but he who is regenerated by the Spirit of God, or rather, who is washed in the blood...
John 13:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all. Ver. 10. Needeth not, save to wash his feet ] For though bathed...
John 13:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jesus said, What I do thou knowest not now Thou dost not now know what I intend by this action, but thou shalt know hereafter, a declaration which we may apply on many occasions, for many of his wo...
John 13:10 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

WASHING HIS DISCIPLES' FEET (vs.1-17) We are brought now to consider the last hours of the Lord Jesus before the cross. No longer does He minister to the world, but to His own disciples, from cha...
John 13:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Christ Washing the Disciples' Feet; Necessity of Obedience. 1 Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour w...
John 13:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Look as it is with persons that have been washing themselves in a bath, when they are washed, yet walking abroad barefoot, or with thin sandals or coverings for their feet, will be again subject to p...
John 13:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Washing of the Feet: A Lesson in Humility ( John 13:1-17 ). Two major lessons come out from this passage. The first is that of the example that Jesus was giving of true humility in love and se...
John 13:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES John 13:1 . Before the feast, etc. —Jesus came to Jerusalem steadfastly resolved to finish the work given Him to do ( Luke 12:50 , etc.). These words are not to be...
John 13:10 - Scofield Reference Notes

needeth The underlying imagery is of an oriental returning from the public baths to his house. His feet would contract defilement and require cleansing, but not his body. So the believer is cl...
John 13:10 - Sermon Bible Commentary

John 13:1-17 The Washing of the Feet When we seek to wash a brother's feet we must be very careful about three things, which I give in the quaint way in which I have somewhere seen them expressed...
John 13:10 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

John 13:1 . Now before the feast of the passover, Or, just as it was about to begin, John 13:1 . When Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father...
John 13:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

John 13:1 . Before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come. What now transpired was on the Tuesday, while at supper in the house of Simon. Judas was now rebuked before al...
John 13:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

Now before the feast of the Passover. A three-fold marvel I. A MARVELLOUS LOVE: that of Christ for His own. Marvellous in respect of 1. Its time. (1) Before the feast of the Passover, whe...
John 13:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION IV. THE FINAL MANIFESTATIONS IN WORD AND ACTION OF THE LOGOS INCARNATE , EXPRESSING ITSELF ABSOLUTELY AND TO THE UTTERMOST AS LOVE . (Jn 13-21....
John 13:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The objection of Peter:
John 13:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 1:7-10 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:23 ; 2 Corinthians 5:17 ; 2 Corinthians 5:21 ; 2 Corinthians 7:1 ; Ecclesiastes 7:20 ; Ephesians 4:22-24 ; Ephesians 5:26 ; Ephesians 5:27 ; Hebrews 9:10 ;...
John 13:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

And so ye, having been already cleansed, need only to wash your feet — That is, to walk holy and undefiled.

John 13:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

John 13:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

John 13:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

John 13:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

John 13:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

John 13:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

John 13:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

John 13:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

John 13:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

John 13:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

John 13:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

John 13:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John 13:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John 13:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

John 13:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

John 13:10 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

John 13:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

John 13:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

John 13:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

John 13:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

John 13:10 - Scofield Reference Notes

John 13:10 - Sermon Bible Commentary

John 13:10 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

John 13:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

John 13:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

John 13:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

John 13:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

John 13:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

John 13:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes