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John 13:16 — King James Version← Study notes

Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.


John 13:16Greek Interlinear

Greek · John 13:1617 words
GreekMeaning
ἀμὴνamēn
AmenparticleG281
ἀμὴνamēn
AmenparticleG281
λέγωlegō
I sayverbG3004
ὑμῖνhymin
to youpronounG4771
οὐκouk
notadverbG3756
ἔστινestin
isverbG1510
δοῦλοςdoulos
a servantnounG1401
μείζωνmeizōn
greateradjectiveG3173
τοῦtou
than thearticleG3588
κυρίουkyriou
masternounG2962
αὐτοῦautou
of himpronounG846
οὐδὲoude
nor iswordG3761
ἀπόστολοςapostolos
a messengernounG652
μείζωνmeizōn
greateradjectiveG3173
τοῦtou
than the one whoarticleG3588
πέμψαντοςpempsantos
having sentverbG3992
αὐτόνauton
himpronounG846
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on John 13:16

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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