He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, 'Lord, you will never wash my feet' — Peter's resistance is instinctive: this reversal of roles violates his fundamental understanding of the relationship between master and disciple. His "never" (ou mē) is emphatic, a vow of refusal that stems not from pride alone but from fear of accepting a grace too radical to comprehend. Peter sees in this act a violation of boundary, yet Jesus' love requires transgressing the boundaries that human shame and hierarchy have constructed. The address "Lord" reveals that Peter knows who Jesus is, but does not yet understand what lordship means in the kingdom of God.

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