Jesus Washes His Disciples’ Feet
It was now just before the Passover Feast, and Jesus knew that His hour had come to leave this world and return to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the very end. 1 Jhn 12:231Jn 4:19Jhn 13:34Jhn 13:3Jhn 16:28Jhn 18:4Rev 1:51Co 1:8 The evening meal was underway, and the devil had already put into the heart of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus. Jas 1:13-17Act 5:3Jhn 13:26-27Jhn 6:70-71Luk 22:3Luk 22:312Co 8:16Eph 2:3
Jesus knew that the Father had delivered all things into His hands, and that He had come from God and was returning to God. Jhn 3:35Mat 11:27Heb 1:2Mat 28:18Jhn 17:2Jhn 8:421Co 15:27Eph 1:21-22 So He got up from the supper, laid aside His outer garments, and wrapped a towel around His waist. 2Co 8:9Luk 22:27Luk 12:37Php 2:6-8Luk 17:7 After that, He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and dry them with the towel that was around Him. Luk 7:441Ti 5:10Psa 51:2Gen 18:4Gen 19:21Co 6:111Sa 25:412Ki 3:11
He came to Simon Peter, who asked Him, “Lord, are You going to wash my feet?” Jhn 1:27Mat 3:11-14Luk 5:8
Jesus replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.” Dan 12:8Jhn 12:16Jhn 14:26Jas 5:7-11Jhn 13:10-12Dan 12:12Hab 2:1-3Jhn 13:36
“Never shall You wash my feet!” Peter told Him. Act 22:16Ezk 36:25Tit 3:5Eph 5:26Heb 10:221Co 6:11Rev 7:14Col 2:18
Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no part with Me.”
“Then, Lord,” Simon Peter replied, “not only my feet, but my hands and my head as well!” Psa 51:2Psa 51:71Pe 3:21Psa 26:6Heb 10:22Jer 4:14Mat 27:24
Jesus told him, “Whoever has already bathed needs only to wash his feet, and he will be completely clean. And you are clean, though not all of you.” Jhn 15:32Co 7:12Co 5:17Num 19:19-21Eph 5:26-27Lev 17:15-16Num 19:12-131Th 5:23 For He knew who would betray Him. That is why He said, “Not all of you are clean.” Jhn 13:18Jhn 13:26Jhn 13:2Jhn 13:21Jhn 2:25Jhn 6:64-71Mat 26:24-25Jhn 17:12
When Jesus had washed their feet and put on His outer garments, He reclined with them again and asked, “Do you know what I have done for you? Jhn 13:7Ezk 24:24Jhn 13:4Ezk 24:19Mat 13:51Mrk 4:13 You call Me Teacher and Lord, and rightly so, because I am. Luk 6:461Co 12:3Php 2:11Jhn 11:281Co 8:6Rom 14:8-9Jas 2:19Mat 23:8-10 So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet. 1Pe 5:5Act 20:35Rom 12:16Gal 5:13Luk 22:26-271Pe 4:1Mrk 10:43-45Heb 5:8-9 I have set you an example so that you should do as I have done for you. 1Jn 2:6Mat 11:291Pe 2:211Pe 3:17-18Eph 5:2Rom 15:5 Truly, truly, I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, 2 nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. Jhn 15:20Luk 6:40Mat 10:24-25Jhn 3:5Jhn 3:3 If you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them. Luk 11:28Jas 4:17Jas 1:25Mat 7:24-25Exo 40:16Ezk 36:27Luk 12:47-48Psa 19:11
Jesus Predicts His Betrayal
(Psalms 41:1–13)
I am not speaking about all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the Scripture: ‘The one who shares My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.’ 3 Psa 41:9Mat 26:23Jhn 17:12Mrk 14:20Jhn 13:26Jhn 13:10-11Jhn 6:70Jhn 15:19 I am telling you now before it happens, so that when it comes to pass, you will believe that I am He. Isa 43:10Jhn 14:29Jhn 16:4Rev 1:17-18Isa 48:5Jhn 8:23-24Mat 24:25Jhn 8:58 Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever receives the one I send receives Me, and whoever receives Me receives the One who sent Me.” Luk 10:16Luk 9:48Mat 25:40Mrk 9:37Mat 10:40-42Gal 4:14Jhn 12:44-48Col 2:6
After Jesus had said this, He became troubled in spirit and testified, “Truly, truly, I tell you, one of you will betray Me.” Jhn 13:18Mat 26:21Mrk 14:182Co 2:12-13Act 1:16-17Jhn 12:27Luk 22:21-22Jhn 11:33
The disciples looked at one another, perplexed as to which of them He meant. Luk 22:23Mat 26:22Mrk 14:19Gen 42:1 One of His disciples, the one whom Jesus loved, was reclining at His side. 4 Jhn 19:26Jhn 20:2Jhn 21:20Jhn 21:7Rev 1:16-182Sa 12:3Jhn 13:25Jhn 21:24 So Simon Peter motioned to him to ask Jesus which one He was talking about. Act 13:16Act 12:17Act 21:40Luk 1:22Luk 5:7 Leaning back against Jesus, he asked, “Lord, who is it?” Jhn 21:20Est 7:5Gen 44:4-12
Jesus answered, “It is the one to whom I give this morsel after I have dipped it.” Then He dipped the morsel and gave it to Judas son of Simon Iscariot. Mat 26:23Jhn 13:30Luk 22:21Mrk 14:19-20Jhn 6:70-71Jhn 12:4-6 And when Judas had taken the morsel, Satan entered into him. Luk 22:3Jhn 13:2Act 5:3Ecc 9:3Jas 1:13-15Mat 12:45Pro 1:16Dan 2:15
Then Jesus said to Judas, “What you are about to do, do quickly.” But no one at the table knew why Jesus had said this to him. Since Judas kept the money bag, some thought that Jesus was telling him to buy what was needed for the feast, or to give something to the poor. Act 20:34-35Eph 4:28Jhn 12:5-6Gal 2:10Jhn 13:1 As soon as he had received the morsel, Judas went out into the night. Isa 59:7Pro 4:16Rom 3:15Job 24:13-15Luk 22:53
Love One Another
(Romans 12:9–13; 1 John 3:11–24)
When Judas had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in Him. 1Pe 4:11Jhn 14:131Pe 1:21Jhn 16:14Jhn 7:39Act 2:36Act 3:13Eph 1:5-8 If God is glorified in Him, 5 God will also glorify the Son in Himself—and will glorify Him at once. Rev 22:1Rev 22:3Isa 53:10-12Jhn 12:23Jhn 17:1Jhn 17:4-61Pe 3:22Heb 1:2-3
Little children, I am with you only a little while longer. You will look for Me, and as I said to the Jews, so now I say to you: ‘Where I am going, you cannot come.’ Jhn 7:33-341Jn 2:1Jhn 16:16-22Jhn 8:21-24Jhn 12:35-36Jhn 14:19Jhn 14:4-61Jn 4:4
A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another. Eph 5:2Lev 19:18Jhn 15:171Pe 1:221Jn 3:23Gal 6:21Co 12:26-271Jn 4:21 By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.” 1Jn 4:20-211Jn 2:101Jn 3:10-14Jhn 17:211Jn 2:5Act 4:32-35Gen 13:7-8Act 5:12-14
Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial
(Matthew 26:31–35; Mark 14:27–31; Luke 22:31–38)
“Lord, where are You going?” Simon Peter asked. 2Pe 1:14Jhn 21:21-22Jhn 13:33Jhn 14:2Jhn 21:18-19Jhn 14:4-5Jhn 16:17
Jesus answered, “Where I am going, you cannot follow Me now, but you will follow later.”
“Lord,” said Peter, “why can’t I follow You now? I will lay down my life for You.” Act 20:24Act 21:13Jhn 21:15Mrk 14:27-31Luk 22:31-34Mat 26:31-35
“Will you lay down your life for Me?” Jesus replied. “Truly, truly, I tell you, before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times. Luk 22:34Mat 26:34Mrk 14:30Pro 16:18Luk 22:56-62Mat 26:69-75Pro 28:261Co 10:12