AT THE LAST SUPPER JESUS WASHES THE DISCIPLES' FEET--THE DISCOURSE ARISING THEREUPON. (John 13:1-20) when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father--On these beautiful e…
1Antes de la fiesta de la pascua, sabiendo Jesús que su hora había llegado para que pasase de este mundo al Padre, como había amado a los suyos que estaban en el mundo, los amó hasta el fin.
2Y cuando cenaban, como el diablo ya había puesto en el corazón de Judas Iscariote, hijo de Simón, que le entregase,
3sabiendo Jesús que el Padre le había dado todas las cosas en las manos, y que había salido de Dios, y a Dios iba,
4se levantó de la cena, y se quitó su manto, y tomando una toalla, se la ciñó.
5Luego puso agua en un lebrillo, y comenzó a lavar los pies de los discípulos, y a enjugarlos con la toalla con que estaba ceñido.
6Entonces vino a Simón Pedro; y Pedro le dijo: Señor, ¿tú me lavas los pies?
7Respondió Jesús y le dijo: Lo que yo hago, tú no lo comprendes ahora; mas lo entenderás después.
8Pedro le dijo: No me lavarás los pies jamás. Jesús le respondió: Si no te lavare, no tendrás parte conmigo.
9Le dijo Simón Pedro: Señor, no solo mis pies, sino también las manos y la cabeza.
10Jesús le dijo: El que está lavado, no necesita sino lavarse los pies, pues está todo limpio; y vosotros limpios estáis, aunque no todos.
11Porque sabía quién le iba a entregar; por eso dijo: No estáis limpios todos.
12Así que, después que les hubo lavado los pies, tomó su manto, volvió a la mesa, y les dijo: ¿Sabéis lo que os he hecho?
13Vosotros me llamáis Maestro, y Señor; y decís bien, porque lo soy.
14Pues si yo, el Señor y el Maestro, he lavado vuestros pies, vosotros también debéis lavaros los pies los unos a los otros.
15Porque ejemplo os he dado, para que como yo os he hecho, vosotros también hagáis.
16De cierto, de cierto os digo: El siervo no es mayor que su señor, ni el enviado es mayor que el que le envió.
17Si sabéis estas cosas, bienaventurados seréis si las hiciereis.
18No hablo de todos vosotros; yo sé a quienes he elegido; mas para que se cumpla la Escritura: El que come pan conmigo, levantó contra mí su calcañar.
19Desde ahora os lo digo antes que suceda, para que cuando suceda, creáis que yo soy.
20De cierto, de cierto os digo: El que recibe al que yo enviare, me recibe a mí; y el que me recibe a mí, recibe al que me envió.
21Habiendo dicho Jesús esto, se conmovió en espíritu, y declaró y dijo: De cierto, de cierto os digo, que uno de vosotros me va a entregar.
22Entonces los discípulos se miraban unos a otros, dudando de quién hablaba.
23Y uno de sus discípulos, al cual Jesús amaba, estaba recostado al lado de Jesús.
24A este, pues, hizo señas Simón Pedro, para que preguntase quién era aquel de quien hablaba.
25Él entonces, recostado cerca del pecho de Jesús, le dijo: Señor, ¿quién es?
26Respondió Jesús: A quien yo diere el pan mojado, aquel es. Y mojando el pan, lo dio a Judas Iscariote hijo de Simón.
27Y después del bocado, Satanás entró en él. Entonces Jesús le dijo: Lo que vas a hacer, hazlo más pronto.
28Pero ninguno de los que estaban a la mesa entendió por qué le dijo esto.
29Porque algunos pensaban, puesto que Judas tenía la bolsa, que Jesús le decía: Compra lo que necesitamos para la fiesta; o que diese algo a los pobres.
30Cuando él, pues, hubo tomado el bocado, luego salió; y era ya de noche.
31Entonces, cuando hubo salido, dijo Jesús: Ahora es glorificado el Hijo del Hombre, y Dios es glorificado en él.
32Si Dios es glorificado en él, Dios también le glorificará en sí mismo, y en seguida le glorificará.
33Hijitos, aún estaré con vosotros un poco. Me buscaréis; pero como dije a los judíos, así os digo ahora a vosotros: A donde yo voy, vosotros no podéis ir.
34Un mandamiento nuevo os doy: Que os améis unos a otros; como yo os he amado, que también os améis unos a otros.
35En esto conocerán todos que sois mis discípulos, si tuviereis amor los unos con los otros.
36Le dijo Simón Pedro: Señor, ¿a dónde vas? Jesús le respondió: A donde yo voy, no me puedes seguir ahora; mas me seguirás después.
37Le dijo Pedro: Señor, ¿por qué no te puedo seguir ahora? Mi vida pondré por ti.
38Jesús le respondió: ¿Tu vida pondrás por mí? De cierto, de cierto te digo: No cantará el gallo, sin que me hayas negado tres veces.
JAMIESON-FAUSSET-BROWN BIBLE COMMENTARY
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I. supper being ended--rather, "being prepared," "being served," or, "going on"; for that it was not…
supper being ended--rather, "being prepared," "being served," or, "going on"; for that it was not "ended" is plain from Joh 13:26.
the devil having now--or, "already."
put into the heart of Judas . . . to betray him--referring to the agreement he had already made with the chief priests (Luk 22:3-6).
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II. Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, &c.--This verse is very sublim…
Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, &c.--This verse is very sublime, and as a preface to what follows, were we not familiar with it, would fill us with inexpressible surprise. An unclouded perception of His relation to the Father, the commission He held from Him, and His approaching return to Him, possessed His soul.
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III. He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments--outer garments which would have impeded the o…
He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments--outer garments which would have impeded the operation of washing.
and took a towel and girded himself--assuming a servant's dress.
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IV. began to wash--proceeded to wash. Beyond all doubt the feet of Judas were washed, as of all the r…
began to wash--proceeded to wash. Beyond all doubt the feet of Judas were washed, as of all the rest.
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V. Peter saith . . . Lord, dost thou wash my feet?--Our language cannot bring out the intensely vivi…
Peter saith . . . Lord, dost thou wash my feet?--Our language cannot bring out the intensely vivid contrast between the "Thou" and the "my," which, by bringing them together, the original expresses, for it is not good English to say, "Lord, Thou my feet dost wash?" But every word of this question is emphatic. Thus far, and in the question itself, there was nothing but the most profound and beautiful astonishment at a condescension to him quite incomprehensible. Accordingly, though there can be no doubt that already Peter's heart rebelled against it as a thing not to be tolerated, Jesus ministers no rebuke as yet, but only bids him wait a little, and he should understand it all.
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VI. Jesus answered and said . . . What I do thou knowest not now--that is, Such condescension does ne…
Jesus answered and said . . . What I do thou knowest not now--that is, Such condescension does need explanation; it is fitted to astonish.
but thou shall know hereafter--afterwards, meaning presently; though viewed as a general maxim, applicable to all dark sayings in God's Word, and dark doings in God's providence, these words are full of consolation.
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VII. Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash, &c.--more emphatically, "Never shalt Thou wash my fe…
Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash, &c.--more emphatically, "Never shalt Thou wash my feet": that is, "That is an incongruity to which I can never submit." How like the man!
If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me--What Peter could not submit to was, that the Master should serve His servant. But the whole saving work of Christ was one continued series of such services, ending with and consummated by the most self-sacrificing and transcendent of all services: THE SON OF MAN CAME not to be ministered unto, but TO MINISTER, AND TO GIVE HIS LIFE A RANSOM FOR MANY. (See on Mar 10:45). If Peter then could not submit to let his Master go down so low as to wash his feet, how should he suffer himself to be served by Him at all? This is couched under the one pregnant word "wash," which though applicable to the lower operation which Peter resisted, is the familiar scriptural symbol of that higher cleansing, which Peter little thought he was at the same time virtually putting from him. It is not humility to refuse what the Lord deigns to do for us, or to deny what He has done, but it is self-willed presumption--not rare, however, in those inner circles of lofty religious profession and traditional spirituality, which are found wherever Christian truth has enjoyed long and undisturbed possession. The truest humility is to receive reverentially, and thankfully to own, the gifts of grace.
VIII
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VIII. Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head--that is, "To be severed from Thee, Lord, i…
Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head--that is, "To be severed from Thee, Lord, is death to me: If that be the meaning of my speech, I tread upon it; and if to be washed of Thee have such significance, then not my feet only, but hands, head, and all, be washed!" This artless expression of clinging, life-and-death attachment to Jesus, and felt dependence upon Him for his whole spiritual well-being, compared with the similar saying in Joh 6:68-69 (see on Joh 6:68-69), furnishes such evidence of historic verity such as no thoroughly honest mind can resist.
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IX. He that is washed--in this thorough sense, to express which the word is carefully changed to one …
He that is washed--in this thorough sense, to express which the word is carefully changed to one meaning to wash as in a bath.
needeth not--to be so washed any more.
save to wash his feet--needeth to do no more than wash his feet (and here the former word is resumed, meaning to wash the hands or feet).
but is clean every whit--as a whole. This sentence is singularly instructive. Of the two cleansings, the one points to that which takes place at the commencement of the Christian life, embracing complete absolution from sin as a guilty state, and entire deliverance from it as a polluted life (Rev 1:5; Co1 6:11) --or, in the language of theology, Justification and Regeneration. This cleansing is effected once for all, and is never repeated. The other cleansing, described as that of "the feet," is such as one walking from a bath quite cleansed still needs, in consequence of his contact with the earth. (Compare Exo 30:18-19). It is the daily cleansing which we are taught to seek, when in the spirit of adoption we say, "Our Father which art in heaven . . . forgive us our debts" (Mat 6:9, Mat 6:12); and, when burdened with the sense of manifold shortcomings--as what tender spirit of a Christian is not?--is it not a relief to be permitted thus to wash our feet after a day's contact with the earth? This is not to call in question the completeness of our past justification. Our Lord, while graciously insisting on washing Peter's feet, refuses to extend the cleansing farther, that the symbolical instruction intended to be conveyed might not be marred.
and ye are clean--in the first and whole sense.
but not all--important, as showing that Judas, instead of being as true-hearted a disciple as the rest at first, and merely falling away afterwards--as many represent it--never experienced that cleansing at all which made the others what they were.
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X. Know ye what I have done?--that is, its intent. The question, however, was put merely to summon t…
Know ye what I have done?--that is, its intent. The question, however, was put merely to summon their attention to His own answer.
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XI. Ye call me Master--Teacher.
Ye call me Master--Teacher.
and Lord--learning of Him in the one capacity, obeying Him in the other.
and ye say well, for so I am--The conscious dignity with which this claim is made is remarkable, following immediately on His laying aside the towel of service. Yet what is this whole history but a succession of such astonishing contrast from first to last?
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XII. If I then--the Lord.
If I then--the Lord.
have washed your feet--the servants'.
ye--but fellow servants.
ought to wash one another's feet--not in the narrow sense of a literal washing, profanely caricatured by popes and emperors, but by the very humblest real services one to another.
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XIII. The servant is not greater than his lord, &c.--an oft-repeated saying (Mat 10:24, &c.).
The servant is not greater than his lord, &c.--an oft-repeated saying (Mat 10:24, &c.).
If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them--a hint that even among real Christians the doing of such things would come lamentably short of the knowing.
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XIV. I speak not of you all--the "happy are ye," of Joh 13:17, being on no supposition applicable to J…
I speak not of you all--the "happy are ye," of Joh 13:17, being on no supposition applicable to Judas.
I know whom I have chosen--in the higher sense.
But that the scripture may be fulfilled--that is, one has been added to your number, by no accident or mistake, who is none of Mine, but just that he might fulfil his predicted destiny.
He that eateth bread with me--"did eat of my bread" (Psa 41:9), as one of My family; admitted to the nearest familiarity of discipleship and of social life.
hath lifted up his heel against me--turned upon Me, adding insult to injury. (Compare Heb 10:29). In the Psalm the immediate reference is to Ahithophel's treachery against David (2Sa. 17:1-23), one of those scenes in which the parallel of his story with that of His great Antitype is exceedingly striking. "The eating bread derives a fearful meaning from the participation in the sacramental supper, a meaning which must be applied for ever to all unworthy communicants, as well as to all betrayers of Christ who eat the bread of His Church" (STIER, with whom, and others, we agree in thinking that Judas partook of the Lord's Supper).
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XV. I tell you before . . . that when it comes to pass, ye may believe--and it came to pass when they…
I tell you before . . . that when it comes to pass, ye may believe--and it came to pass when they deeply needed such confirmation.
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16. He that receiveth whomsoever I send, receiveth me, &c.--(See on Mat 10:40). The connection here s…
He that receiveth whomsoever I send, receiveth me, &c.--(See on Mat 10:40). The connection here seems to be that despite the dishonor done to Him by Judas, and similar treatment awaiting themselves, they were to be cheered by the assurance that their office, even as His own, was divine.
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17. THE TRAITOR INDICATED--HE LEAVES THE SUPPER ROOM. (Joh 13:21-30)
THE TRAITOR INDICATED--HE LEAVES THE SUPPER ROOM. (Joh 13:21-30)
When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, One of you shall betray me--The announcement of Joh 13:18 seems not to have been plain enough to be quite apprehended, save by the traitor himself. He will therefore speak it out in terms not to be misunderstood. But how much it cost Him to do this, appears from the "trouble" that came over His "spirit"--visible emotion, no doubt--before He got it uttered. What wounded susceptibility does this disclose, and what exquisite delicacy in His social intercourse with the Twelve, to whom He cannot, without an effort, break the subject!
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18. the disciples looked one on another, doubting of whom he spake--Further intensely interesting par…
the disciples looked one on another, doubting of whom he spake--Further intensely interesting particulars are given in the other Gospels: (1) "They were exceeding sorrowful" (Mat 26:22). (2) "They began to inquire among themselves which of them it was that should do this thing" (Luk 22:23). (3) "They began to say unto Him one by one, Is it I, and another, Is it I?" (Mar 14:19). Generous, simple hearts! They abhorred the thought, but, instead of putting it on others, each was only anxious to purge himself and know if he could be the wretch. Their putting it at once to Jesus Himself, as knowing doubtless who was to do it, was the best, as it certainly was the most spontaneous and artless evidence of their innocence. (4) Jesus, apparently while this questioning was going on, added, "The Son of man goeth as it is written of Him, but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! It had been good for that man if he had not been born" (Mat 26:24). (5) "Judas," last of all, "answered and said, Lord, is it I?" evidently feeling that when all were saying this, if he held his peace, that of itself would draw suspicion upon him. To prevent this the question is wrung out of him, but perhaps, amidst the stir and excitement at the table, in a half-suppressed tone as we are inclined to think the answer also was--"Thou hast said" (Mat 26:25), or possibly by little more than a sign; for from Joh 13:28 it is evident that till the moment when he went out, he was not openly discovered.
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19. there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved--Thus modestly does our …
there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved--Thus modestly does our Evangelist denote himself, as reclining next to Jesus at the table.
Peter . . . beckoned to him to ask who it should be of whom he spake--reclining probably at the corresponding place on the other side of Jesus.
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20. He then lying--rather leaning over on Jesus' bosom.
He then lying--rather leaning over on Jesus' bosom.
saith--in a whisper, "Lord, who is it?"
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21. Jesus answered--also inaudibly, the answer being communicated to Peter perhaps from behind.
Jesus answered--also inaudibly, the answer being communicated to Peter perhaps from behind.
He . . . to whom I shall give a sop when I have dipped it--a piece of the bread soaked in the wine or the sauce of the dish; one of the ancient ways of testifying peculiar regard; compare Joh 13:18, "he that eateth bread with Me."
And when he had dipped . . . he gave it to Judas, &c.--Thus the sign of Judas' treachery was an affecting expression, and the last, of the Saviour's wounded love!
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22. after the sop Satan entered into him--Very solemn are these brief hints of the successive steps b…
after the sop Satan entered into him--Very solemn are these brief hints of the successive steps by which Judas reached the climax of his guilt. "The devil had already put it into his heart to betray his Lord." Yet who can tell what struggles he went through ere he brought himself to carry that suggestion into effect? Even after this, however, his compunctions were not at an end. With the thirty pieces of silver already in his possession, he seems still to have quailed--and can we wonder? When Jesus stooped to wash his feet, it may be the last struggle was reaching its crisis. But that word of the Psalm, about "one that ate of his bread who would lift up his heel against Him" (Psa 41:9) probably all but turned the dread scale, and the still more explicit announcement, that one of those sitting with Him at the table should betray Him, would beget the thought, "I am detected; it is now too late to draw back." At that moment the sop is given; offer of friendship is once more made--and how affectingly! But already "Satan has entered into him," and though the Saviour's act might seem enough to recall him even yet, hell is now in his bosom, and he says within himself, "The die is cast; now let me go through with it"; fear, begone!" (See on Mat 12:43).
Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly--that is, Why linger here? Thy presence is a restraint, and thy work stands still; thou hast the wages of iniquity, go work for it!
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23. no man . . . knew for what intent he spake this unto him . . . some thought . . . Jesus . . . sai…
no man . . . knew for what intent he spake this unto him . . . some thought . . . Jesus . . . said . . . But what we need . . . or, . . . give . . . to the poor--a very important statement, as showing how carefully. Jesus had kept the secret, and Judas his hypocrisy, to the last.
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24. He then, having received the sop, went immediately out--severing himself for ever from that holy …
He then, having received the sop, went immediately out--severing himself for ever from that holy society with which he never had any spiritual sympathy.
and it was night--but far blacker night in the soul of Judas than in the sky over his head.
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25. DISCOURSE AFTER THE TRAITOR'S DEPARTURE--PETER'S SELF-CONFIDENCE--HIS FALL PREDICTED. (Joh 13:31-38)
DISCOURSE AFTER THE TRAITOR'S DEPARTURE--PETER'S SELF-CONFIDENCE--HIS FALL PREDICTED. (Joh 13:31-38)
when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified--These remarkable words plainly imply that up to this moment our Lord had spoken under a painful restraint, the presence of a traitor within the little circle of His holiest fellowship on earth preventing the free and full outpouring of His heart; as is evident, indeed, from those oft-recurring clauses, "Ye are not all clean," "I speak not of you all," &c. "Now" the restraint is removed, and the embankment which kept in the mighty volume of living waters having broken down, they burst forth in a torrent which only ceases on His leaving the supper room and entering on the next stage of His great work--the scene in the Garden. But with what words is the silence first broken on the departure of Judas? By no reflections on the traitor, and, what is still more wonderful, by no reference to the dread character of His own approaching sufferings. He does not even name them, save by announcing, as with a burst of triumph, that the hour of His glory has arrived! And what is very remarkable, in five brief clauses He repeats this word "glorify" five times, as if to His view a coruscation of glories played at that moment about the Cross. (See on Joh 12:23).
God is glorified in him--the glory of Each reaching its zenith in the Death of the Cross!
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26. If God be glorified in him, God shall also--in return and reward of this highest of all services …
If God be glorified in him, God shall also--in return and reward of this highest of all services ever rendered to Him, or capable of being rendered.
glorify him in himself, and . . . straightway glorify him--referring now to the Resurrection and Exaltation of Christ after this service was over, including all the honor and glory then put upon Him, and that will for ever encircle Him as Head of the new creation.
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27. Little children--From the height of His own glory He now descends, with sweet pity, to His "littl…
Little children--From the height of His own glory He now descends, with sweet pity, to His "little children," all now His own. This term of endearment, nowhere else used in the Gospels, and once only employed by Paul (Gal 4:19), is appropriated by the beloved disciple himself, who no fewer than seven times employs it in his first Epistle.
Ye shall seek me--feel the want of Me.
as I said to the Jews-- (Joh 7:34; Joh 8:21). But oh in what a different sense!
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28. a new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also lo…
a new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another--This was the new feature of it. Christ's love to His people in giving His life a ransom for them was altogether new, and consequently as a Model and Standard for theirs to one another. It is not, however, something transcending the great moral law, which is "the old commandment" (Jo1 2:7, and see on Mar 12:28-33), but that law in a new and peculiar form. Hence it is said to be both new and old (Jo1 2:7-8).
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29. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples--the disciples of Him who laid down His life …
By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples--the disciples of Him who laid down His life for those He loved.
if ye have love one to another--for My sake, and as one in Me; for to such love men outside the circle of believers know right well they are entire strangers. Alas, how little of it there is even within this circle!
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30. Peter said--seeing plainly in these directions how to behave themselves, that He was indeed going…
Peter said--seeing plainly in these directions how to behave themselves, that He was indeed going from them.
Lord, whither guest thou?--having hardly a glimmer of the real truth.
Jesus answered, . . . thou canst not follow me now, but thou shalt follow me afterwards--How different from what He said to the Jews: "Whither I go ye cannot come" (Joh 8:21).
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31. why not . . . now? I will lay down my life for thy sake--He seems now to see that it was death Ch…
why not . . . now? I will lay down my life for thy sake--He seems now to see that it was death Christ referred to as what would sever Him from them, but is not staggered at following Him thither. Jesus answered,
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32. Wilt thou lay down thy life for my sake?--In this repetition of Peter's words there is deep thoug…
Wilt thou lay down thy life for my sake?--In this repetition of Peter's words there is deep though affectionate irony, and this Peter himself would feel for many a day after his recovery, as he retraced the painful particulars.
Verily . . . The cock, &c.--See on Luk 22:31-34.
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John — Capítulo 13
AT THE LAST SUPPER JESUS WASHES THE DISCIPLES' FEET--THE DISCOURSE ARISING THEREUPON. (John 13:1-20) when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father--On these beautiful e…
Texto — Reina-Valera 1960
1Antes de la fiesta de la pascua, sabiendo Jesús que su hora había llegado para que pasase de este mundo al Padre, como había amado a los suyos que estaban en el mundo, los amó hasta el fin.
2Y cuando cenaban, como el diablo ya había puesto en el corazón de Judas Iscariote, hijo de Simón, que le entregase,
3sabiendo Jesús que el Padre le había dado todas las cosas en las manos, y que había salido de Dios, y a Dios iba,
4se levantó de la cena, y se quitó su manto, y tomando una toalla, se la ciñó.
5Luego puso agua en un lebrillo, y comenzó a lavar los pies de los discípulos, y a enjugarlos con la toalla con que estaba ceñido.
6Entonces vino a Simón Pedro; y Pedro le dijo: Señor, ¿tú me lavas los pies?
7Respondió Jesús y le dijo: Lo que yo hago, tú no lo comprendes ahora; mas lo entenderás después.
8Pedro le dijo: No me lavarás los pies jamás. Jesús le respondió: Si no te lavare, no tendrás parte conmigo.
9Le dijo Simón Pedro: Señor, no solo mis pies, sino también las manos y la cabeza.
10Jesús le dijo: El que está lavado, no necesita sino lavarse los pies, pues está todo limpio; y vosotros limpios estáis, aunque no todos.
11Porque sabía quién le iba a entregar; por eso dijo: No estáis limpios todos.
12Así que, después que les hubo lavado los pies, tomó su manto, volvió a la mesa, y les dijo: ¿Sabéis lo que os he hecho?
13Vosotros me llamáis Maestro, y Señor; y decís bien, porque lo soy.
14Pues si yo, el Señor y el Maestro, he lavado vuestros pies, vosotros también debéis lavaros los pies los unos a los otros.
15Porque ejemplo os he dado, para que como yo os he hecho, vosotros también hagáis.
16De cierto, de cierto os digo: El siervo no es mayor que su señor, ni el enviado es mayor que el que le envió.
17Si sabéis estas cosas, bienaventurados seréis si las hiciereis.
18No hablo de todos vosotros; yo sé a quienes he elegido; mas para que se cumpla la Escritura: El que come pan conmigo, levantó contra mí su calcañar.
19Desde ahora os lo digo antes que suceda, para que cuando suceda, creáis que yo soy.
20De cierto, de cierto os digo: El que recibe al que yo enviare, me recibe a mí; y el que me recibe a mí, recibe al que me envió.
21Habiendo dicho Jesús esto, se conmovió en espíritu, y declaró y dijo: De cierto, de cierto os digo, que uno de vosotros me va a entregar.
22Entonces los discípulos se miraban unos a otros, dudando de quién hablaba.
23Y uno de sus discípulos, al cual Jesús amaba, estaba recostado al lado de Jesús.
24A este, pues, hizo señas Simón Pedro, para que preguntase quién era aquel de quien hablaba.
25Él entonces, recostado cerca del pecho de Jesús, le dijo: Señor, ¿quién es?
26Respondió Jesús: A quien yo diere el pan mojado, aquel es. Y mojando el pan, lo dio a Judas Iscariote hijo de Simón.
27Y después del bocado, Satanás entró en él. Entonces Jesús le dijo: Lo que vas a hacer, hazlo más pronto.
28Pero ninguno de los que estaban a la mesa entendió por qué le dijo esto.
29Porque algunos pensaban, puesto que Judas tenía la bolsa, que Jesús le decía: Compra lo que necesitamos para la fiesta; o que diese algo a los pobres.
30Cuando él, pues, hubo tomado el bocado, luego salió; y era ya de noche.
31Entonces, cuando hubo salido, dijo Jesús: Ahora es glorificado el Hijo del Hombre, y Dios es glorificado en él.
32Si Dios es glorificado en él, Dios también le glorificará en sí mismo, y en seguida le glorificará.
33Hijitos, aún estaré con vosotros un poco. Me buscaréis; pero como dije a los judíos, así os digo ahora a vosotros: A donde yo voy, vosotros no podéis ir.
34Un mandamiento nuevo os doy: Que os améis unos a otros; como yo os he amado, que también os améis unos a otros.
35En esto conocerán todos que sois mis discípulos, si tuviereis amor los unos con los otros.
36Le dijo Simón Pedro: Señor, ¿a dónde vas? Jesús le respondió: A donde yo voy, no me puedes seguir ahora; mas me seguirás después.
37Le dijo Pedro: Señor, ¿por qué no te puedo seguir ahora? Mi vida pondré por ti.
38Jesús le respondió: ¿Tu vida pondrás por mí? De cierto, de cierto te digo: No cantará el gallo, sin que me hayas negado tres veces.
JAMIESON-FAUSSET-BROWN BIBLE COMMENTARY
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I. supper being ended--rather, "being prepared," "being served," or, "going on"; for that it was not…
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II. Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, &c.--This verse is very sublim…
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III. He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments--outer garments which would have impeded the o…
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IV. began to wash--proceeded to wash. Beyond all doubt the feet of Judas were washed, as of all the r…
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V. Peter saith . . . Lord, dost thou wash my feet?--Our language cannot bring out the intensely vivi…
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VI. Jesus answered and said . . . What I do thou knowest not now--that is, Such condescension does ne…
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VII. Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash, &c.--more emphatically, "Never shalt Thou wash my fe…
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VIII. Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head--that is, "To be severed from Thee, Lord, i…
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IX. He that is washed--in this thorough sense, to express which the word is carefully changed to one …
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X. Know ye what I have done?--that is, its intent. The question, however, was put merely to summon t…
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XI. Ye call me Master--Teacher.
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XII. If I then--the Lord.
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XIII. The servant is not greater than his lord, &c.--an oft-repeated saying (Mat 10:24, &c.).
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XIV. I speak not of you all--the "happy are ye," of Joh 13:17, being on no supposition applicable to J…
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XV. I tell you before . . . that when it comes to pass, ye may believe--and it came to pass when they…
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16. He that receiveth whomsoever I send, receiveth me, &c.--(See on Mat 10:40). The connection here s…
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17. THE TRAITOR INDICATED--HE LEAVES THE SUPPER ROOM. (Joh 13:21-30)
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18. the disciples looked one on another, doubting of whom he spake--Further intensely interesting par…
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19. there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved--Thus modestly does our …
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20. He then lying--rather leaning over on Jesus' bosom.
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21. Jesus answered--also inaudibly, the answer being communicated to Peter perhaps from behind.
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22. after the sop Satan entered into him--Very solemn are these brief hints of the successive steps b…
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23. no man . . . knew for what intent he spake this unto him . . . some thought . . . Jesus . . . sai…
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24. He then, having received the sop, went immediately out--severing himself for ever from that holy …
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25. DISCOURSE AFTER THE TRAITOR'S DEPARTURE--PETER'S SELF-CONFIDENCE--HIS FALL PREDICTED. (Joh 13:31-38)
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26. If God be glorified in him, God shall also--in return and reward of this highest of all services …
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27. Little children--From the height of His own glory He now descends, with sweet pity, to His "littl…
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28. a new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also lo…
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29. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples--the disciples of Him who laid down His life …
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30. Peter said--seeing plainly in these directions how to behave themselves, that He was indeed going…
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31. why not . . . now? I will lay down my life for thy sake--He seems now to see that it was death Ch…
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32. Wilt thou lay down thy life for my sake?--In this repetition of Peter's words there is deep thoug…