John 13:12 BSB — MannaFest

John 13:12

When Jesus had washed their feet and put on His outer garments, He reclined with them again and asked, “Do you know what I have done for you?

BSB

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ASV

So when he had washed their feet, and taken his garments, and sat down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you?

KJV

So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you?

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Commentary

3 voices

Origen of Alexandria

COMMENTARY ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN 32.115-16 (253)

Jesus washed the feet of the disciples insofar as he was their teacher, and the feet of the servants insofar as he was their Lord. For the dust from the earth and from worldly things is cleared away by teaching, since it reaches nothing else than the extremities and lower parts of the disciples. But those things that defile the feet are also removed by the lordship of the ruler, since he has authority over those who still receive common defilement because they still have the spirit of bondage.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

(1.) He adjourned the explication till he had finished the transaction, [1.] To try their submission and implicit obedience. What he did they should not know till afterwards, that they might learn to acquiesce in his will when they could not give a reason for it. [2.] Because it was proper to finish the riddle before he unriddled it.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Know ye what I have done - Our Lord had told Peter, in the presence of the rest, Joh 13:7, that he should afterwards know what was the intent and meaning of this washing; and now he begins to fulfill his promise; therefore I think it more likely that he gives a command, here, than asks a question, as he knew himself that they did not comprehend his design. On this account γινωσκετε might be translated in the imperative mood, Consider what I have done.

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ὅτε	Hote	When	G3753 →
οὖν	oun	therefore	G3767 →
ἔνιψεν	enipsen	He had washed	G3538 →
τοὺς	tous	the	G3588 →
πόδας	podas	feet	G4228 →
αὐτῶν	autōn	of them	G846 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἔλαβεν	elaben	taken	G2983 →
τὰ	ta	the	G3588 →
ἱμάτια	himatia	garments	G2440 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of Him	G846 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἀνέπεσεν	anepesen	he reclined	G377 →
πάλιν,	palin	again,	G3825 →
εἶπεν	eipen	He said	G2036 →
αὐτοῖς·	autois	to them;	G846 →
γινώσκετε	ginōskete	Do you know	G1097 →
τί	ti	what	G5101 →
πεποίηκα	pepoiēka	I have done	G4160 →
ὑμῖν;	humin	to you?	G4771 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 13:7
Jesus replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.”
leads to
- Daniel 12:8
  I heard, but I did not understand. So I asked, “My lord, what will be the outcome of these things?”
- John 12:16
  At first His disciples did not understand these things, but after Jesus was glorified they remembered what had been done to Him, and they realized that these very things had also been written about…
- John 14:26
  But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have told you.
- James 5:7–11
  Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil—how patient he is for the fall and spring rains.
- John 13:10–12
  Jesus told him, “Whoever has already bathed needs only to wash his feet, and he will be completely clean. And you are clean, though not all of you.”
Through
John 13:4
So He got up from the supper, laid aside His outer garments, and wrapped a towel around His waist.
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 8:9
  For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.
- Luke 22:27
  For who is greater, the one who reclines at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines? But I am among you as one who serves.
- Luke 12:37
  Blessed are those servants whom the master finds on watch when he returns. Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve and will have them recline at the table, and he himself…

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Where the connections lead

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The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

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About John