Study it in the app“Now before the feast of the Passover, Jesus, knowing that his hour had come to pass out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, loved them to the end.”
NowδὲbeforeΠρὸthe feastτῆς ἑορτῆςof the Passover,τοῦ πάσχαJesus,ὁ Ἰησοῦςknowingεἰδὼςthatὅτιhis hourαὐτοῦ ἡ ὥραhad comeἦλθενtoἵναpassμεταβῇout ofἐκthis worldτοῦ κόσμου τούτουtoπρὸςthe Father,τὸν πατέραhaving lovedἀγαπήσαςhis ownτοὺς ἰδίουςwhoτοὺςwere inἐνthe world,τῷ κόσμῳlovedἠγάπησενthemαὐτούςtoεἰςthe end.τέλος
feast, festival
Feast, festival.
Where else “heortēs” appearsPassover
Passover: the feast that remembered the going out from Egypt; also the lamb and the meal of that night.
Where else “pascha” appearsJesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
Where else “Iēsous” appearsperceive
To realize, understand.
Where else “eidōs” appearsmoment
The instant set by God, like that of Jesus' death.
Where else “hōra” appearsarrive
For a time or event to come: "the hour is coming".
Where else “ēlthen” appearspass over
To cross from death to life.
Where else “metabēi” appearscreation
Everything God made.
Where else “kosmou” appearsFather
God, who gives life and cares for his own; the Father of Jesus.
Where else “patera” appearslove
Love: to seek the good of the other, even of someone who does not deserve it.
Where else “agapēsas” appearsown
What belongs to someone; their people, their family.
Where else “idious” appearsend
The end of something.
Where else “telos” appears“To the end” can also be understood “to the utmost,” completely.
1 · This verse (above)
2And during supper, when the devil had already put it into the heart that Judas, son of Simon Iscariot, should hand him over,
1. What it says
What does Jesus do during the supper, what does he answer Peter when he resists, and what does he ask of them all? (vv. 4-15)
2. What it means
Jesus gives a new commandment: to love one another as he has loved them (v. 34). What does his washing of their feet show about that love?
3. How I live it
Jesus says, “I have given you an example” (v. 15). Whom could you serve today with a simple gesture, without being asked?
