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John 13:14 — King James Version← Study notes

If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another’s feet.


John 13:14Greek Interlinear

Greek · John 13:1419 words
GreekMeaning
εἰei
IfwordG1487
οὖνoun
thereforewordG3767
ἐγὼegō
I myselfpronounG1473
ἔνιψαenipsa
washedverbG3538
ὑμῶνhymōn
yourpronounG4771
τοὺςtous
thearticleG3588
πόδαςpodas
feetnounG4228
ho
thearticleG3588
κύριοςkyrios
LordnounG2962
καὶkai
andwordG2532
ho
thearticleG3588
διδάσκαλοςdidaskalos
TeachernounG1320
καὶkai
alsoadverbG2532
ὑμεῖςhymeis
you yourselvespronounG4771
ὀφείλετεopheilete
oughtverbG3784
ἀλλήλωνallēlōn
of one anotherpronounG240
νίπτεινniptein
to washverbG3538
τοὺςtous
thearticleG3588
πόδαςpodas
feetnounG4228
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on John 13:14

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?

Augustine · 4th century

Know you, is either interrogative, to show the greatness of the act, or imperative, to rouse their minds.

Origen · 3rd century

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.

Alcuin · 8th century
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