João 13:3

3 Jesus sabia que o Pai havia colocado todas as coisas debaixo do seu poder, e que viera de Deus e estava voltando para Deus;

João 13:3 Meaning and Commentary

John 13:3

Jesus knowing that the Father
These words express the sense Christ had of his own greatness and dignity as Mediator:

had given all things into his hands;
all the persons of the elect, all blessings both of grace and glory for them, and power and authority over all other persons and things, to make them subservient to his purposes:

and that he was come from God;
had his mission and commission, as man, from God; did not come of himself, but he sent him:

and went to God;
or was going to him in a very little time, to sit at his right hand, to have a name above every name, and to have angels, authorities, and powers subject to him; which, as it shows his high esteem with his Father, and his exalted character as Mediator, so it greatly illustrates his wonderful humility, that in the view, and under a sense and consideration of all this, he should condescend to wash the feet of his disciples; of which an account is given in the following verses.

João 13:3 In-Context

1 Um pouco antes da festa da Páscoa, sabendo Jesus que havia chegado o tempo em que deixaria este mundo e iria para o Pai, tendo amado os seus que estavam no mundo, amou-os até o fim.

2 Estava sendo servido o jantar, e o Diabo já havia induzido Judas Iscariotes, filho de Simão, a trair Jesus.

3 Jesus sabia que o Pai havia colocado todas as coisas debaixo do seu poder, e que viera de Deus e estava voltando para Deus;

4 assim, levantou-se da mesa, tirou sua capa e colocou uma toalha em volta da cintura.

5 Depois disso, derramou água numa bacia e começou a lavar os pés dos seus discípulos, enxugando-os com a toalha que estava em sua cintura.