John 13:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him,If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me. ”

• John 13:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Thou shalt never wash my feet - This was a decided and firm expression of his reverence for his Master, and yet it was improper. Jesus had just declared that it had a meaning, and that he ought t...

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• John 13:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast (d) no part with me. (d) Unless you allow me to wash you, you will have no part in the kingdom...

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• John 13:8 - 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 13:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  never . by no means (Greek. ou me. App-105) unto the age (Greek. eis ton aiona. App-151). If. Greek. ean, with subj. App-118. not . Greek me. App-105. no . not (App-105.) any. wi...

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• John 13:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  8. Thou shalt never wash my feet. Hitherto Peter’s modesty was excusable, though it was not free from blame; but now he errs more grievously, when he has been corrected, and yet does not yie...

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• John 13:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me. If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me - Thou canst not be my disciple u...

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• John 13:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me.— "If thou dost not submit to all my orders implicitly, thou art not my disciple;" or, as it may be also justly explained, "Unless I cleanse thee from...

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• John 13:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me. Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash (more emphatically, 'Never...

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• John 13:8 - 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 13:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Thou shalt never wash my feet. — For the word “never,” comp. Note on John 8:51 . The incidental touches of character where individual apostles are named in this Gospel are in striking agreement wi...

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• John 13:8 - 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 13:8 - 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 13:8 - 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 13:8 - 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 13:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Peter saith unto him, thou shall never wash my feet ,.... Before he had behaved with modesty, but now with obstinacy and perverseness; and though these expressions might arise from great reverence t...

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• John 13:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me. Ver. 8. Thou shalt never wash my feet ] This was an immoderate modesty, a p...

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• John 13:8 - 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...

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• John 13:8 - 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 13:8 - 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 13:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Peter rashly replies, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Here was a seeming reverence for his Master, but (like the Jewish zeal mentioned by Paul, Romans 10:2 ) not according to knowledge. Christ...

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• John 13:8 - 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 13:8 - 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 13:8 - 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 13:8 - 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 13:8 - 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 13:8 - 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 13:8 - 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 13:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The objection of Peter:

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• John 13:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Corinthians 6:11 ; Acts 22:16 ; Colossians 2:18 ; Colossians 2:23 ; Ephesians 5:26 ; Ezekiel 16:4-9 ; Ezekiel 36:25 ; Genesis 42:38 ; Hebrews 10:22 ; Hebrews 10:4-10 ; Hebrews 9:22 ; He...

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• John 13:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  If I wash thee not — If thou dost not submit to my will, thou hast no part with me — Thou art not my disciple. In a more general sense it may mean, If I do not wash thee in my blood, and purify the...

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