John 13:7

7 And Jesus, answering, said to him, What I do is not clear to you now, but it will be clear to you in time to come.

John 13:7 Meaning and Commentary

John 13:7

Jesus answered and said unto him
Christ replies,

what I do, thou knowest not now:
Peter knew that he was about to wash his feet, and the rest of his disciples, but he did not know the meaning and mystery of it, what Christ designed by it, and what instruction they were to receive from it,

but thou shalt know hereafter;
as he did, when he had performed this service, and explained it to him. This may teach us, under dark providences, the meaning of which is not yet known by us, to wait the Lord's own time, to make things clear and plain to us, and in the mean time patiently submit to the divine will.

John 13:7 In-Context

5 Then he put water into a basin and was washing the feet of the disciples and drying them with the cloth which was round him.

6 So he came to Simon Peter. Peter said, Lord, are my feet to be washed by you?

7 And Jesus, answering, said to him, What I do is not clear to you now, but it will be clear to you in time to come.

8 Peter said, I will never let my feet be washed by you, never. Jesus said in answer, If I do not make you clean you have no part with me.

9 Simon Peter said to him, Lord, not my feet only, but my hands and my head.