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ForγὰρI have givenἔδωκαyouὑμῖνan example,ὑπόδειγμαso thatἵναjust asκαθὼςIἐγὼhave doneἐποίησαto you,ὑμῖνyouὑμεῖςalsoκαὶmay do.ποιῆτε
John 13:15
Study it in the app“For I have given you an example, so that just as I have done to you, you also may do.”
Jesus, knowing who he is, washes his disciples' feetHumility and Service
With the Greek beneath
John 13:15, word by word
- I have givenἔδωκαedōka
give
To hand something to another freely, as a gift.
Where else “edōka” appears- an exampleὑπόδειγμαhypodeigma
example
Example, a model to be imitated.
Where else “hypodeigma” appears- have doneἐποίησαepoiēsa
do
To carry out an action or cause an effect.
Where else “epoiēsa” appears
The context
14So if I, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.
15 · This verse (above)
16Truly, truly, I tell you, a slave is not greater than his master, nor is one who is sent greater than the one who sent him.
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?