Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God;
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Gill's Exposition
Jesus knowing that the Father,.... These words express the sense Christ had of his own greatness and dignity as Mediator:
had given all things into his hands; all the persons of the elect, all…
Barnes' Notes
Jesus knowing ... - With the full understanding of his dignity and elevation of character, he yet condescended to wash their feet. The evangelist introduces his washing their feet by saying that he…
Adam Clarke
Knowing that the Father had given, etc. - Our Lord, seeing himself almost at the end of his race, and being about to leave his apostles, thought it necessary to leave them a lesson of humility…
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…
Cambridge Bible
Jesus knowing The Greek is the same as of -when Jesus knew" in Joh 13:13, and may have either of the two meanings given there. Here also -because He knew" is better.
given all things Comp. Eph 1:22;…
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