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At Dinner, Jesus Washes The Feet of The Twelve As an Example For Them To Follow

And dinner taking-place[a], the devil having already put into his heart that Judas, son of Simon Iscariot, should hand Him over— Jesus, knowing[b] that the Father gave Him all things into His hands, and that He came forth from God and is going to God, arises from the dinner and lays-down His [outer] garments. And having taken a towel, He tied it around Himself.

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Footnotes

  1. John 13:2 Or, coming-about.
  2. John 13:3 John may mean although He knew; or, because He knew.

The evening meal was in progress, and the devil had already prompted Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus.(A) Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power,(B) and that he had come from God(C) and was returning to God; so he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist.(D)

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