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Ifεἰyou knowοἴδατεthese things,ταῦταhappyμακάριοίare youἐστεifἐὰνyou doποιῆτεthem.αὐτά
John 13:17
Study it in the app“If you know these things, happy are you if you do them.”
With the Greek beneath
John 13:17, word by word
- you knowοἴδατεoidate
know
To hold a fact as certain, to be aware of it.
Where else “oidate” appears- happyμακάριοίmakarioi
blessed, happy
Blessed: truly happy, in the condition God blesses. It is the "happy" or "blessed" of the Psalms.
Where else “makarioi” appears- are youἐστεeste
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “este” appears- you doποιῆτεpoiēte
do
To carry out an action or cause an effect.
Where else “poiēte” appears
The context
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.
17 · This verse (above)
18I am not speaking about all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But it is so that the Scripture may be fulfilled, ‘The one who eats my bread has lifted up his heel against me.’
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?