John 13:8 BSB — MannaFest

John 13:8

“Never shall You wash my feet!” Peter told Him. Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no part with Me.”

BSB

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ASV

Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me.

KJV

Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me.

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Commentary

6 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

Peter saith unto him, thou shall never wash my feet,.... Before he had behaved with modesty, but now with obstinacy and perverseness; and though these expressions might arise from great reverence to Christ, yet they were wrong and rashly spoken. Peter ought to have been satisfied with Christ's reply, and have submitted, since though he then did not know the reason of such surprising conduct, he should hereafter.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

If I wash thee not - If thou dost not submit to my will, thou hast no part with me - Thou art not my disciple. In a more general sense it may mean, If I do not wash thee in my blood, and purify thee by my Spirit, thou canst have no communion with me, nor any share in the blessings of my kingdom.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It is that good part the having of which is the one thing needful. [2.] It is necessary to our having a part in Christ that he wash us. All those whom Christ owns and saves he justifies and sanctifies, and both are included in his washing them. We cannot partake of his glory if we partake not of his merit and righteousness, and of his Spirit and grace.

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 926: “The Sine Qua Non” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1870)

IN matchless condescension our Lord had girt Himself as a servant, and was washing the feet of the disciples. Peter, struck with such a spectacle, would not allow his Lord to act as a menial, and flatly refused to have his feet washed by his Master. But he changed his mind at once when he was told that a refusal to receive this act of kindness from his Lord would be a virtual rejection of all part in Him, "If I do not wash you, you have no part with Me."

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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Original language & word study

24 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
λέγει	legei	Says	G3004 →
αὐτῷ	autō	to Him	G846 →
Πέτρος·	Petros	Peter;	G4074 →
οὐ	ou	certainly	G3756 →
μὴ	mē	not	G3361 →
νίψῃς	nipsēs	shall You wash	G3538 →
μου	mou	my	G3165 →
τοὺς	tous	<the>	G3588 →
πόδας	podas	feet	G4228 →
εἰς	eis	to	G1519 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
αἰῶνα.¶	aiōna	age.	G165 →
Ἀπεκρίθη	Apekrithē	Answered	G611 →
Ἰησοῦς	Iēsous	Jesus	G2424 →
αὐτῷ·	autō	to him;	G846 →
ἐὰν	ean	only	G1437 →
μὴ	mē	unless	G3361 →
νίψω	nipsō	I shall wash	G3538 →
σε,	se	you,	G4771 →
οὐκ	ouk	not	G3756 →
ἔχεις	echeis	you have	G2192 →
μέρος	meros	part	G3313 →
μετ᾽	met᾽	with	G3326 →
ἐμοῦ.	emou	Me.	G1473 →

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

The walk

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
Ezekiel 36:25
I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
leads to
- John 3:5
  Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Hebrews 10:22
  let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Hebrews 10:22
let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
leads to
- Ezekiel 36:25
  I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Titus 3:5
He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 6:11
  And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Ephesians 2:8–9
  For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,
- 2 Timothy 1:9
  He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.
- 1 Peter 3:21
  And this water symbolizes the baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
  Reached by independent paths from here.
Through
Ephesians 5:26
to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,
leads to
- John 15:3
  You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About John

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About John