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Byἐνthisτούτῳallπάντεςwill knowγνώσονταιthatὅτιyou areἐστεmyἐμοὶdisciples,μαθηταίifἐὰνyou haveἔχητεloveἀγάπηνforἐνone another.”ἀλλήλοις
John 13:35
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With the Greek beneath
John 13:35, word by word
- will knowγνώσονταιgnōsontai
find out
To find out something, to realize.
Where else “gnōsontai” appears- you areἐστεeste
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “este” appears- myἐμοὶemoi
my, mine
My, mine.
Where else “emoi” appears- disciplesμαθηταίmathētai
disciple
A follower of Jesus.
Where else “mathētai” appears- you haveἔχητεechēte
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echēte” appears- loveἀγάπηνagapēn
love
Love that gives itself, seeking the other's good, like God's.
Where else “agapēn” appears- one anotherἀλλήλοιςallēlois
one another
One another, each other.
Where else “allēlois” appears
The context
34A new commandment I give you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, that you also love one another.
35 · This verse (above)
36Simon Peter says to him, “Lord, where are you going?” Jesus answered, “Where I am going, you cannot follow me now, but you will follow later.”
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?