John 13:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saitha unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet? ”

• John 13:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Dost thou wash my feet? - Every word here is emphatic. Dost thou - the Son of God, the Messiah - perform the humble office of a servant - toward me, a sinner? This was an expression of Peter’s hu...

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• John 13:6 - 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...

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• John 13:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Then. . Therefore. Simon Peter . App-141. Peter. No word for Peter. Some substitute ekeinos (he, - emphatic), but. T Trm.. WI. reject it. Lord. Greek. kurios. App-98. thou... my . The pro...

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• John 13:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  6. Lord, dost thou wash my feet? This speech expresses strong dislike of the action as foolish and unsuitable; for by asking what Christ is doing, he puts out his hand, as it were, to push h...

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• John 13:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet? Lord, dost Thou wash My feet? - Every word here is exceedingly emphatic. Peter had often seen the great humility...

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• John 13:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Then cometh he to Simon Peter:— The word rendered then, does not imply either that Jesus came first to Peter, or that he had washed any other person before him; but is used in the same sense as t...

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• John 13:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet? Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet? Our language canno...

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• John 13:6 - 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...

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• John 13:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Then cometh he to Simon Peter. — Men who have come to these words with minds full of opinions with regard to the position of St. Peter have, of course, understood them to express that he had preced...

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• John 13:6 - 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...

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• John 13:6 - 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...

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• John 13:6 - 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...

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• John 13:6 - 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...

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• John 13:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Then cometh he to Simon Peter ,.... After having washed the feet of some of the disciples, as is thought by some interpreters, and particularly the feet of Judas, without any repulse; though others...

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• John 13:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet? Ver. 6. Then cometh he to Peter ] He came first to him (for the former verse sets forth his intent rather th...

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• John 13:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God , &c. That is, although he was conscious of his own greatness, as being invested with the governm...

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• John 13:6 - 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...

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• John 13:6 - 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...

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• John 13:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Christ in the performance of this ceremony cometh to Simon Peter; whether first, or last, it is not said; and therefore the papists argue ill from hence, to prove the primacy of Peter over the rest o...

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• John 13:6 - 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...

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• John 13:6 - 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...

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• John 13:6 - 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...

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• John 13:6 - 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...

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• John 13:6 - 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...

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• John 13:6 - 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...

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• John 13:6 - 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....

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• John 13:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Then cometh He to Simon Peter; and Peter saith unto Him, Lord, dost Thou wash my feet?

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• John 13:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  John 1:27 ; Luke 5:8 ; Matthew 3:11-14

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