Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - John 13:16
13:16 bondman (f-8) See Note, Matthew 10:24 . sent (g-17) Lit. 'apostle.' read more
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John Darby
John Dummelow
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - John 13:1-38
The Last Supper1-17. The Supper and the Feet-washing. This supper is identified by almost all modern authorities with the Last Supper, which took place on Thursday night at Jerusalem (Matthew 26:20; Mark 14:17; Luke 22:14). Writing to supplement the synoptists, St. John omits practically all that they have recorded, and this accounts for his omission of the institution of the Holy Communion. The points peculiar to St. John are the feet-washing, the incident of the sop, the details about the... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 13:13
(13) Ye call me Master and Lord—i.e., Master in the sense of Teacher. The word in the original is not “Rabbi.” (Comp. Note on John 11:28.) The Jewish pupils called their teachers “Rabbi” and “Mar” (Teacher), and it was not permitted to any pupil to call his teacher by his proper name (Sanhedr., fol. 100, §1). The word “Master” here refers to His position as their Teacher; the word Lord to the reverence which they paid to Him. These were the common titles of everyday life which He here asserts... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 13:14
(14) Ye ought also to wash one another’s feet.—The argument is à fortiori. If He had so humbled Himself as to do the work of a servant for them, much more ought they to humble themselves for each other. To make his words as striking as possible, they are prefaced by the emphatic I, and “Master and Lord” is repeated from the previous verse, but in the inverse order, to give special prominence to the word of greater dignity. read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 13:15
(15) 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 “according as I have done to you.” The imitation is to be worked out in applying the same principle of love and self-sacrifice in all the varying circumstances of life in which we are placed. read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 13:16
(16) The servant is not greater than his lord.—These words have already occurred in the earlier Gospels in another connection. (Comp. Note on Matthew 10:24, and Luke 6:40.) They occur again in this Gospel in John 15:20. read more
William Nicoll
Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - John 13:1-38
The Self-sacrifice of Love John 13:1 It would seem that the washing of the disciples' feet and the institution of the Holy Communion were closely connected. Both of these actions belong to the region, as we should say, of unsupernatural actions; but they are symbolic, they are parables in action, pregnant with deep spiritual meaning, for both are revelations of the selfsacrifice of love. We see the Lord there at the last meal, fortified no doubt beforehand by prayer during those quiet hours of... read more
William Nicoll
Expositor's Bible Commentary - John 13:1-17
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 the Father, having loved His own which were in the world, He loved them unto the end. And during supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray Him, Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He came forth from God, and goeth unto God, riseth from supper, and layeth aside... read more
Arno Clemens Gaebelein
Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - John 13:1-38
CHAPTER 13 1. The Washing of the Disciples’ Feet. (John 13:1-11 .) 2. Instructions given; to Wash One Another’s Feet. (John 13:12-17 .) 3. The Betrayal Foretold. (John 13:18-30 .) 4. His Own Departure and the New Commandment. (John 13:31-35 .) 5. The Denial of Peter Foretold. (John 13:36-38 .) We reach with this chapter the most precious portion of this Gospel. The multitudes are left behind. Israel has completely rejected Him and now He gathered His own beloved disciples around Himself... read more
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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 13:16
Jesus again introduced a statement with a strong asseveration to indicate its importance. He put it in the form of an aphorism (cf. John 15:20; Matthew 10:24; Luke 6:40; Luke 22:37). An aphorism is a concise definition or statement of a principle. By common consent slaves occupy an inferior role to that of their masters, and messengers (Gr. apostolos) do the same to those who send them. This, by the way, is the only occurrence of apostolos in the fourth Gospel. Jesus was contrasting roles, not... read more