Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God;
Ver. 3. Jesus knowing, &c.] This is prefaced to the washing of his disciples' feet, to show that he did it not rashly, or out of baseness of spirit, as forgetting the dignity of his person and place, as Ahaz did, 2 Kings 16:7, and those,Isaiah 57:9, and David also in the court of Achish. There is a το πρεπον, a comeliness to be kept in every condition.