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John 13:12

John 13:12
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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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

So after he had washed their feet,.... Not Peter's only, but the rest of the disciples also: some have thought, that he washed only the feet of some of them, and not all; but it seems, by this…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Know ye what ... - Do you know the meaning or design of what I have done unto you?

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

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…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

John 13:1-17

It has generally been taken for granted by commentators that Christ's washing his disciples' feet, and the discourse that followed it, were the same night in which he was betrayed, and at the same…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

was set down The Greek verb occurs frequently in the Gospels (and nowhere else in N.T.) of reclining at meals. It always implies a changeof position (see on Joh 13:13, and comp. Joh 6:10; Joh 21:20;…

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