JOHN 13:12 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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?”
After he had washed their feet, had put on his robe, and had returned to his place, he said to them, 'Do you know what I have done to you?' — Jesus returns to his authority and position, yet transformed: now lordship will be redefined forever by what has occurred. He does not interpret the action immediately but invites his disciples to reflect, to become active in receiving its meaning. The question "Do you know?" echoes the earlier "You do not now understand" but with an invitation to knowledge. The reinstatement of his robe and position shows that servant love is not a denial of authority but its truest exercise.
Church Fathers on John 13:12
Our Lord, mindful of His promise to Peter that he should know the meaning of His act, you shall know here after, now begins to teach him: So after He had washed their feet, and had taken His garments, and was sat down again, He said to them, Know you what I have done to you?
Know you, is either interrogative, to show the greatness of the act, or imperative, to rouse their minds.
Mystically, when at our redemption we were changed by the shedding of His blood, He took again His garments, rising from the grave the third day, and clothed in the same body now immortal, ascended into heaven, and sits on the right hand of the Father, from whence He shall come to judge the world.
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