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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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 13:1-17

1. Love in humiliation . read more

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

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - John 13:1

The feast of the passover - See the notes at Matthew 26:2, Matthew 26:17.His hour was come - The hour appointed in the purpose of God for him to die, John 12:27.Having loved his own - Having given to them decisive and constant proofs of his love. This was done by his calling them to follow him; by patiently teaching them; by bearing with their errors and weaknesses; and by making them the heralds of his truth and the heirs of eternal life.He loved them unto the end - That is, he continued the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - John 13:1

John 13:1. Now before the feast of the passover That is, before they began the passover-supper; when Jesus knew Greek, ειδως Ιησους , Jesus having known; that his hour was come The hour which he had long expected; sometimes called his enemies’ hour, the hour of their triumph; sometimes his hour, the hour of his suffering, and of his triumph also; that he should depart out of this world In which he had sojourned for a while; unto the Father With whom he had glory, and who had loved... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - John 13:1-20

140. Washing the disciples’ feet (John 13:1-20)When they gathered for the meal that night, Jesus took the place of a servant and washed the disciples’ feet. By this action he symbolized firstly, the need for humility, and secondly, that he, the perfect servant, would cleanse people from sin through his death (John 13:1-5). Peter, not understanding this symbolic action, objected. Jesus responded that if he refused to let Jesus cleanse him, he could not be Jesus’ disciple. By this cleansing,... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - John 13:1

Now. Not the same word as in John 12:27 , John 12:31 , expressing a point of time, but a particle (Greek. de) introducing a new subject. before. Greek. pro. App-104 . The preparation day, the 14th day of Nisan, our Tuesday sunset to Wednesday sunset, the day of the Crucifixion. See App-156 , feast. See on Matthew 26:17 and Numbers 28:17 . Passover . Aramaean pascha. See App-94 . when Jesus knew = Jesus ( App-98 . X), knowing (Greek. oida, App-132 .) hour . See John 2:4 ; John 7:30 ;... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 13:1

A dramatic break in the outline of this Gospel appears here. The previous chapters related to Jesus' revelation to the chosen people who rejected him, and with significant overtones of revelation to the entire world. Beginning here, the narrative develops Jesus' special revelation to the disciples who received him, despite the betrayal by Judas and Peter's denial. This chapter details the washing of the apostles' feet (John 13:1-11), the statement of Jesus' purpose in the painful disclosures... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 13:1

John 13:1. Now before the feast of the passover,— The observation with which John ushers in this part of his history, may be considered as a kind of preface to the five subsequent chapters of his gospel. Before the feast of the passover, means before they began the passover supper. See Luke 22:14-15. Unto the end, means the end of his life, as eternity has no end. Knowing that his sufferings were at hand, the prospect of them did not make our gracious Master forget his disciples. They rather... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 13:1

1. when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father—On these beautiful euphemisms, see on :-; :-. having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end—The meaning is, that on the very edge of His last sufferings, when it might have been supposed that He would be absorbed in His own awful prospects, He was so far from forgetting "His own," who were to be left struggling "in the world" after He had "departed out of it to the... read more