Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head.
Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head: - q.d., 'To be severed from Thee, Lord, is death to me: If that be the meaning of my speech, I tread upon it; and if to be washed of Thee have such significance, then not my feet only, but hands, head, and all, be washed!' This artless expression of clinging, life-and-death attachment to Jesus, and felt dependence upon Him for his whole spiritual well-being, compared with the similar saying in John 6:68-69 (on which see exposition), furnishes such evidence of historic verity as no thoroughly honest mind can resist.