JOHN 13:1 The Farewell Teaching and the Passion Narrative. The second half of John’s Gospel consists of Jesus’ farewell teaching (chs. John 13:1) and the events surrounding his death and resurrection (chs. John 18:1). Now that the Jews have rejected Jesus, he turns his attention to his new messianic... [ Continue Reading ]
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 13:8 To have NO SHARE with Jesus means that one does not belong to him. Here the footwashing symbolizes Jesus’ death for his people. It washes away their sins. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 13:9 Those who have been washed through Jesus’ once-for-all death also need daily cleansing of their sins. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 13:14 YOU ALSO OUGHT TO WASH ONE ANOTHER’S FEET. Footwashing continues as a regular ceremony in some Christian denominations. Others see it as a symbolic teaching about serving one another. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, i... [ Continue Reading ]
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 13:18 I KNOW WHOM I HAVE CHOSEN refers not to choosing for salvation but to Jesus’ choosing of the Twelve, including Judas, to be disciples (see also John 6:70). Jesus cites Psalms 41:9. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img;... [ Continue Reading ]
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 13:19 Jesus’ statement is one of several references to his knowledge of the future in this section (see also John 14:29; John 16:1, John 16:4, John 16:32, John 16:33). I AM HE very likely is a claim to deity (see note on 8:24; also... [ Continue Reading ]
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 13:20 THE ONE I SEND refers first to the disciples whom Jesus would specifically send out at John 20:22. More broadly it applies to all messengers of Christ, in every age, who proclaim the gospel. RECEIVES. To truly “receive” such a messenger is to accept and believe the gospel and... [ Continue Reading ]
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 13:21 TROUBLED IN HIS SPIRIT. See John 12:27; compare Psalms 55:2. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 13:23 This is the first reference to the disciple WHOM JESUS LOVED (see Introduction: Author, Date, and Recipients). On RECLINING, see note on 12:2. In such a situation it would be easy for John to lean back a bit and whisper privately to Jesus, as he does in John 13:25. See also J... [ Continue Reading ]
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 13:27 SATAN ENTERED INTO HIM. Satan had earlier put the desire to betray Christ into Judas’s heart (see v. John 13:2). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 13:31 The passage echoes Isaiah 49:3. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 13:34 LOVE must be the distinguishing mark of Jesus’ disciples (compare John 15:13; Leviticus 19:18; Mark 12:28). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images [ Continue Reading ]
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 13:38 THE ROOSTER WILL NOT CROW. See also Matthew 26:34; Mark 14:30; Luke 22:34. Mark specifies the first two individual crowings (as evidently Jesus did), while Matthew, Luke, and John focus on Peter’s denial and report Jesus as referring to the entire set of crowings. ⇐ ⇔... [ Continue Reading ]