A Tour Through John, Lesson 25

<p>For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ <a href="https://www.douglasjacoby.com/tour-john-lesson-25/" target="_blank"><strong>website.</strong></a></p><p>13:1 Now before the festival of the Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. 2 The devil had already put it into the heart of Judas son of Simon Iscariot to betray him. And during supper 3 Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going to God, 4 got up from the table,took off his outer robe, and tied a towel around himself. 5 Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel that was tied around him. </p><ul><li>The "hour" -- Jesus continues to act in God's timing. This theme will reach a crescendo at the cross.</li><li>13:5 ties in to 12:3.<ul><li>There, after anointing his feet, Mary washes them with her hair. Here, Jesus washes the feet of his apostles.</li><li>As the verbs are the same in both passages, the connection is esp. obvious in the Greek: <i>exémaxen</i> [12:3] and <i>ekmássein</i> [13:5].</li></ul></li></ul><p>6 He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?” 7 Jesus answered, “You do not know now what I am doing, but later you will understand.” 8 Peter said to him, “You will never wash my feet.” Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no share with me.” 9 Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!” 10 Jesus said to him, “One who has bathed does not need to wash, except for the feet,but is entirely clean. And youare clean, though not all of you.” 11 For he knew who was to betray him; for this reason he said, “Not all of you are clean.”</p><ul><li>Peter objects (v.6ff). Pride sometimes keeps us from accepting God's grace, even though we are sorely in need of it. And yet without washing, we cannot be right with God.</li><li>Fo