4. From the supper (é« tod de’rvov). Out of the group gathered at the table.
Laid aside (r/Inov). Present tense: layeth aside.
Garments ((udtia). See on Matt. v.40. Upper garments.
Towel (Aévtiov). A Latin word, lintewm. A linen cloth. Only here and ver. 5.
Girded (8:é{acev). Only in this chapter and xxi. 7. The compound verb means ¢o bind or gird all round.
5. A bason (vrrjpa). Only here in the New Testament. From virte, to wash.
6. Dost thou wash (cv pou vires)? The two pronouns Thou, my, stand together at the beginning of the sentence in emphatic contrast. Dost thou of me wash the feet ?
7. Knowest—shalt know (oléas—yvoon). The A. V. ig- nores the distinction between the two words. ‘ Thou knowest not” (ov« oldas), of absolute and complete knowledge. Thou shalt learn or perceive (yvwon), of knowledge gained by exper- ience. See on ii. 24.
Hereafter (wera tadra). Lit., after these things.
8. Never (ov w—eis Tov aidva). A very strong expression. Lit., thow shalt by no means wash my feet as long as the world stands.
10. He that is washed—wash his feet (6 AeAovpévos— viacdar). The A. V. obliterates the distinction between Nove, to bathe, to apply water to the whole body, and vir, to wash a part of the body. Thus, when Dorcas died (Acts ix. 37) they bathed her body (Aovcavtes). The proverb in 2 Pet. ii. 22, is about the sow that has been bathed all over (Novcapévn). On the other hand, he who fasts must wash (vAfas) his face (Matt. vi. 17). Both verbs are always used of living beings in