John 13:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Now before the feast of the passover That is, before they began the passover-supper; when Jesus knew Greek, ειδως Ιησους, Jesus having known; that his hour was come The hour which he had long expected; sometimes called his enemies' hour, the hour of their triumph; sometimes his hour, the hour of his suffering, and of his triumph also; that he should depart out of this world In which he had sojourned for a while; unto the Father With whom he had glory, and who had loved him, before the world was, John 17:5; John 17:24. Having loved his own Not τα ιδια, his own things, as John 1:11; but τους ιδιους, his own persons; that is, as the expression here means, his apostles; which were in the world Which were to remain for some time in the world, in a state of trial and suffering, after he was taken from them; he loved them unto the end Of his life; and therefore would omit nothing which might be for their advantage. The sense is, that although he knew his own sufferings were at hand, the prospect of them did not make him forget his disciples. They rather quickened his friendship; for he indulged the tenderest feelings of love on this occasion, and after the manner of a departing friend, expressed his kindness in the most affectionate manner.