CRUCIFIXION part 3
JESUS WASHES HIS DISCIPLES FEET
In the times of Jesus the roads people walked on were not paved. So people's feet, even if they wore sandals, would get very dirty and dusty. So homeowners would provide water and a slave to wash the feet of guests. If they had various slaves, the slave at the bottom of the totem pole drew the distastful job of washing dirty feet. If there were no slaves available, the home would still provide a way for feet to be washed, it was good manners. So, this time, someone was remiss and there was no one to wash the feet of those gathered for the Passover Feast.
John 13:1-5 It was just before the Passover feast. Jesus knew that the time had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he now showed them the full extent of his love. The evening meal was being served, and the devil had already prompted Judas Iscariot, son of Simon, to betray Jesus. Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God; so he got up from the meal, took off his outer garment, and wrapped a towel around his waist. After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him.
Now, Simon Peter did not want Jesus to wash his feet. He did not see the meaning behind what Jesus was doing. All he saw was that Jesus was doing one of the lowest tasks in a home, usually assigned to the lowest slave. So, he felt upset that Jesus would be humbling himself in such a manner and serving him, a low class fisherman. while Jesus was a rabbi, a teacher. However, Jesus was teaching the apostles that no one is above another, but we should serve one another as he served them. And if we do have a higher office, we must lay it aside, as he did with his outer garment. He also laid aside his position as guest and as their rabbi teacher, to serve them, his followers, because they were in need of having their feet washed.
John 13:6-12 He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, "Lord, are you going to wash my feet?"
Jesus replied, "You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand."
"No," said Peter, "You shall never wash my feet." Jesus answered, "Unless I wash you, you have no part with me."
"Then, Lord," Simon Peter replied, "not just my feet, but my hands and my head as well!"
Jesus answered, "A person who has had a bath needs only to wash his feet; his whole body is clean. And you are clean, though not everyone of you."
For He knew who was going to betray him, and that was why he said not everyone was clean.
After Jesus finishes washing the disciple's feet he explains his actions.
John 13:12-17 When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and returned to his place. "Do you understand what I have done for you?" he asked them. "You call me "Teacher" and "Lord," and rightly so, for that is what I am. Now that I your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another's feet. I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you. I tell you the truth, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.
John 13:1-5 It was just before the Passover feast. Jesus knew that the time had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he now showed them the full extent of his love. The evening meal was being served, and the devil had already prompted Judas Iscariot, son of Simon, to betray Jesus. Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God; so he got up from the meal, took off his outer garment, and wrapped a towel around his waist. After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him.
Now, Simon Peter did not want Jesus to wash his feet. He did not see the meaning behind what Jesus was doing. All he saw was that Jesus was doing one of the lowest tasks in a home, usually assigned to the lowest slave. So, he felt upset that Jesus would be humbling himself in such a manner and serving him, a low class fisherman. while Jesus was a rabbi, a teacher. However, Jesus was teaching the apostles that no one is above another, but we should serve one another as he served them. And if we do have a higher office, we must lay it aside, as he did with his outer garment. He also laid aside his position as guest and as their rabbi teacher, to serve them, his followers, because they were in need of having their feet washed.
John 13:6-12 He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, "Lord, are you going to wash my feet?"
Jesus replied, "You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand."
"No," said Peter, "You shall never wash my feet." Jesus answered, "Unless I wash you, you have no part with me."
"Then, Lord," Simon Peter replied, "not just my feet, but my hands and my head as well!"
Jesus answered, "A person who has had a bath needs only to wash his feet; his whole body is clean. And you are clean, though not everyone of you."
For He knew who was going to betray him, and that was why he said not everyone was clean.
After Jesus finishes washing the disciple's feet he explains his actions.
John 13:12-17 When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and returned to his place. "Do you understand what I have done for you?" he asked them. "You call me "Teacher" and "Lord," and rightly so, for that is what I am. Now that I your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another's feet. I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you. I tell you the truth, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.