He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself.
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Gill's Exposition
He riseth from supper,.... In the midst of the entertainment, and which no doubt was considerable, his mind being intent on something else; and it being his meat and drink to do his Father's will, he…
Barnes' Notes
He riseth from supper - Evidently while they were eating. See Joh 13:2. Laid aside his garments - His outer garment. See the notes at Mat 5:40. This was his mantle or robe, which is said to have been…
Adam Clarke
He riseth from supper - Not from eating, as Bishop Pearce has well observed, but from his place at table; probably the dishes were not as yet laid down, though the guests were seated. According to the…
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
He riseth from supper, &c. Or, from the supper:the article perhaps marks the supper as no ordinary one. "This is the realism of history indeed.… The carefulness with which here, as in the account of…
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