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John 13:15 — King James Version← Study notes

For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.


John 13:15Greek Interlinear

Greek · John 13:1512 words
GreekMeaning
ὑπόδειγμαhypodeigma
A patternnounG5262
γὰρgar
forwordG1063
ἔδωκαedōka
I gaveverbG1325
ὑμῖνhymin
youpronounG4771
ἵναhina
thatwordG2443
καθὼςkathōs
even aswordG2531
ἐγὼegō
I myselfpronounG1473
ἐποίησαepoiēsa
didverbG4160
ὑμῖνhymin
to youpronounG4771
καὶkai
alsoadverbG2532
ὑμεῖςhymeis
you yourselvespronounG4771
ποιῆτεpoiēte
may doverbG4160
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on John 13:15

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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