Johannes 13:12

12 Als Hij dan hun voeten gewassen, en Zijn klederen genomen had, zat Hij wederom aan, en zeide tot hen: Verstaat gij, wat Ik ulieden gedaan heb?

Johannes 13:12 Meaning and Commentary

John 13:12

So after he had washed their feet
Not Peter's only, but the rest of the disciples also: some have thought, that he washed only the feet of some of them, and not all; but it seems, by this expression, that he performed this service to each of them: and when he had gone through it with everyone of them:

and had taken his garments,
and put them on,

and was sat down again;
at the table with his disciples, supper not being yet ended; when having done his work as a servant, he reassumes the air and authority of Lord and master, and begins to teach and instruct, into the design and use of what he had been doing, which he introduces by putting this question;

he said unto them, know ye what I have done to you?
They knew the outward action he had done to them, that he had washed their feet; but, as yet, they did not know the mystery of it, Christ's design in it, and what he would have them learn from it.

Johannes 13:12 In-Context

10 Jezus zeide tot hem: Die gewassen is, heeft niet van node, dan de voeten te wassen, maar is geheel rein. En gijlieden zijt rein, doch niet allen.

11 Want Hij wist, wie Hem verraden zou; daarom zeide Hij: Gij zijt niet allen rein.

12 Als Hij dan hun voeten gewassen, en Zijn klederen genomen had, zat Hij wederom aan, en zeide tot hen: Verstaat gij, wat Ik ulieden gedaan heb?

13 Gij heet Mij Meester en Heere; en gij zegt wel, want Ik ben het.

14 Indien dan Ik, de Heere en de Meester, uw voeten gewassen heb, zo zijt gij ook schuldig, elkanders voeten te wassen.