John 13:15

For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ye also ought to wash ... - Some have understood this literally as instituting a religious rite which we ought to observe; but this was evidently...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Meaning of the Act: the One Exception. The disciples recognise in Him their teacher and master. They should, therefore, follow His example by h...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

example . Greek. hupodeigma. Occurs Hebrews 4:11 ; Hebrews 8:5 ; Hebrews 9:23 , &c.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

15. For I have given you an example. It deserves our attention that Christ says that he gave an example; for we are not at liberty to take...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1678 CHRIST’S CONDESCENSION John 13:12-15 . So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set down again, he...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For I have given you an example,— "I have set you a pattern of humility, to recommend that indispensably necessary grace to you:" and it must be ac...
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...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

That ye should do as I have done to you. — The example is in the principle, not in the specific act; it is not “that which I have done to you,” but...
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...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Master's Example John 13:12-20 Notwithstanding His great humility, Jesus expects to be regarded as Master and Lord; do we so call and treat...
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 w...
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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For I have given you an example ,.... Christ is an example to his people, in many things; not in his miraculous performances and mediatorial work, b...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you. Ver. 15. For I have given you an example ] υποδειγμα. This St Peter cal...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

So after he had washed their feet , &c. After he had given them such a striking proof of his humility, condescension, and love, by performing to...
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 ministe...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Christ Washing the Disciples' Feet; Necessity of Obedience. 1 Now before the feas...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ver. 15,16. The apostles were to take up a very high station in the gospel church, and our hearts are very prone to swell in a high opinion of oursel...
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 tha...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘So when he had washed their feet and taken his outer clothes and again sat down, he said to them “Do you know what I have done to you? You call me M...
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...
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...
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...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

John 13:1 . Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, h...
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 t...
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...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION IV. THE FINAL MANIFESTATIONS IN WORD AND ACTION OF THE LOGOS INCARNATE , EXPRESSING ITSELF ABSOLUTELY A...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The application of the washing of feet to the disciples:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

For I have given you an example that ye should do as I have done to re you.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 2:6 ; 1 Peter 2:21 ; 1 Peter 3:17 ; 1 Peter 3:18 ; Ephesians 5:2 ; Matthew 11:29 ; Romans 15:5

¹⁵ For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.

Related Commentaries of John 13:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

John 13:15