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SoοὖνifεἰI,ἐγὼthe Lordὁ κύριοςandκαὶthe Teacher,ὁ διδάσκαλοςhave washedἔνιψαyour feet,ὑμῶν τοὺς πόδαςyouὑμεῖςalsoκαὶoughtὀφείλετεto washνίπτεινone another’sἀλλήλωνfeet.τοὺς πόδας
John 13:14
Study it in the app“So if I, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.”
Jesus, knowing who he is, washes his disciples' feetHumility and Service
With the Greek beneath
John 13:14, word by word
- the Lordκύριοςkyrios
Lord
The Lord: God, whose name is YHWH; also Jesus.
Where else “kyrios” appears- the Teacherδιδάσκαλοςdidaskalos
teacher
Teacher, one who teaches.
Where else “didaskalos” appears- have washedἔνιψαenipsa
wash
Wash (the hands, the feet, the face).
Where else “enipsa” appears- your feetπόδαςpodas
foot
Foot.
Where else “podas” appears- oughtὀφείλετεopheilete
ought
To be under obligation to do something.
Where else “opheilete” appears- one another’sἀλλήλωνallēlōn
one another
One another, each other.
Where else “allēlōn” appears
The context
13You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and you are right, for so I am.
14 · This verse (above)
15For I have given you an example, so that just as I have done to you, you also may do.
To study John 13 in a group
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?