The Pulpit Commentary - John 13:1-17
1. Love in humiliation . read more
João 13:2-3 Nvt
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - John 13:1-38
A. The inner glorification of the Christ in the presence of those who received and believed on him . *** The Loges incarnate as life, light, love, and sacrifice, lavishing all his grace upon his own (Jn 13-17.). B. The outer glorification of the Christ in his Passion and resurrection . *** The fully manifested love laying down life that he might take it again, and lift these disciples into vital union with the risen life (Jn 18-21.). A. THE INNER GLORIFICATION OF ... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - John 13:2
A supper having commenced ; or, being then in progress £ —without doubt the meal in which our Lord terminated the Old Testament dispensation and introduced the New, and which John discriminates, therefore, from the Passover proper referred to in verse 1. The evangelist now reverts to the diabolic design which had been injected into the heart of Judas. The devil having already cast into the heart (of Judas) that he —Meyer's suggestion that the devil put this design into his own... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - John 13:3
£ Knowing —a significant hint of the complex wonder of the Lord's Person. John felt at this moment that the consciousness of Jesus was receding into the eternal self-consciousness of the Logos when he thus ventures to speak— that the Father —in the great act of his generation— gave £ all things into his hands, and that he came forth ( ἀπὸ ) from God, and was going back ( or, away ) to God, in the glory of his incarnation and the mystery of his death and resurrection. The... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - John 13:3
Christ's consciousness of his mission. The occasion upon which our Savior is said by his friend and apostle John to have had a vivid consciousness of hi§ mission is deserving of attention. It was just before his Passion, in the upper room where he was about, by act and language, to inculcate great lessons upon his disciples, and whence he was to take his way to Gethsemane and Calvary. In such circumstances the confidence of a human leader might well have wavered, and his purposes might... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - John 13:3-5
A last act of love. It must not be supposed that the act of Jesus here was a purely symbolic act, an act useless in itself. Probably Jesus and his disciples had been walking about most of the day, and the washing of the feet would be very grateful to tired and sandaled wayfarers. Jesus was rendering a real service, however slight a one. Before they went out of the room, Jesus had to have much very earnest talk with them, and it was just as well for them to be comfortable while they were... read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - John 13:2
Supper being ended - This translation expresses too much. The original means while they were at supper; and that this is the meaning is clear from the fact that we find them still eating after this. The Arabic and Persic translations give it this meaning. The Latin Vulgate renders it like the English.The devil - The leader or prince of evil spirits.Having now put it into the heart - Literally, having cast it into the heart. Compare Ephesians 6:16; “The fiery darts of the wicked.” See Acts 5:3;... read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - John 13:3
Jesus knowing ... - With the full understanding of his dignity and elevation of character, he yet condescended to wash their feet. The evangelist introduces his washing their feet by saying that he was fully conscious of his elevation above them, as being intrusted with all things, and this made his humiliation the more striking and remarkable. Had he been a mere human teacher or a prophet, it would have been remarkable; but when we remember the dignity of his nature, it shows how low he would... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - John 13:2
John 13:2. And supper being ended Or, as δειπνου γενομενου should rather be translated, supper, or supper-time, being come, or, while they were at supper, as Dr. Campbell renders it. Thus, John 21:4, πρωιας γενομενης , when morning was come. Acts 12:18; Acts 16:35, ημερας γενομενης , when day was come; and Acts 21:40, σιγης λενομενης , when silence was made: in all which places, and in many more, which might easily be collected from the Greek writers, it would be absurd to... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - John 13:1-3
Farewell token of Christ's love to his disciples. We are now to trace the development of faith in the body of the disciples, responsive to the supreme manifestations of his love to them during his earthly ministry. I. OUR LORD 'S KNOWLEDGE OF HIS APPROACHING DEATH . "Jesus knowing that his hour was come." 1. This knowledge was strictly prophetic . It was no mere forecast, grounded on a calculation of the extremeness of Jewish hatred. He had often evaded arrest,... read more