João 13:14

14 Ora, se eu, o Senhor e Mestre, vos lavei os pés, também vós deveis lavar os pés uns aos outros.

João 13:14 Meaning and Commentary

John 13:14

If I then your Lord and Master
Christ argues from these titles and characters, which his disciples rightly gave him, and from what he had done to them, though he stood in such a superior relation to them, to their duty one towards another; that since, says he, I

have washed your feet, ye also ought to wash one another's feet:
by which he does not mean barely, that they should perform this single action; but as this was an instance of humility and condescension, and doing a good office to strangers and travellers, and was afterwards an expression of love to the saints, see ( 1 Timothy 5:10 ) , so he would teach them hereby, to behave in a spirit of humility and condescension to one another, to do every kind and good office, and by love to serve one another in all things.

João 13:14 In-Context

12 Ora, depois de lhes ter lavado os pés, tomou o manto, tornou a reclinar-se � mesa e perguntou-lhes: Entendeis o que vos tenho feito?

13 Vós me chamais Mestre e Senhor; e dizeis bem, porque eu o sou.

14 Ora, se eu, o Senhor e Mestre, vos lavei os pés, também vós deveis lavar os pés uns aos outros.

15 Porque eu vos dei exemplo, para que, como eu vos fiz, façais vós também.

16 Em verdade, em verdade vos digo: Não é o servo maior do que o seu senhor, nem o enviado maior do que aquele que o enviou.