John 13:8

John 13:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me.
• New International Version (NIV)“No,” said Peter, “you shall never wash my feet.” Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no part with me.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Peter said to him, "You shall never wash my feet." Jesus answered him, "If I do not wash you, you have no share with me."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Peter said to Him, “You shall never wash my feet!” Jesus answered him, “If I do not wash you, you have no part with Me.”

Context of John 13:8

6He came to Simon Peter, who asked him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?” 7Jesus answered him, “What I’m doing you don’t realize now, but afterward you will understand.” “You will never wash my feet,” Peter said. Jesus replied, “If I don’t wash you, you have no part with me.” 9Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, not only my feet, but also my hands and my head.” 10“One who has bathed,” Jesus told him, “doesn’t need to wash anything except his feet, but he is completely clean. You are clean, but not all of you.”

John 13:8 word by word

λέγει αὐτῷ Πέτρος· οὐ μὴ νίψῃς μου τοὺς πόδας εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα.¶ Ἀπεκρίθη Ἰησοῦς αὐτῷ· ἐὰν μὴ νίψω σε, οὐκ ἔχεις μέρος μετ᾽ ἐμοῦ.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• PeterΠέτροςPetros · PeterG4074
• saithλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• unto himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• Thou shaltνίπτωniptō · to washG3538
• ·οὐou · noG3756
• ·μήmē · notG3361
• ·εἰςeis · towardG1519
• neverὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• neverαἰώνaiōn · an age: eternityG165
• myἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• feetπούςpous · footG4228
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• answeredἀποκρίνωapokrinomai · to answerG611
• Ifἐάνean · ifG1437
• theeσύsu · youG4771
• thou hastἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• partμέροςmeros · partG3313
• withμετάmeta · with/afterG3326

Cross-references for John 13:8

• Genesis 42:38But Jacob answered, “My son will not go down with you, for his brother is dead and he alone is left. If anything happens to him on your journey, you will bring my gray hairs down to Sheol in sorrow.”
• Matthew 16:22Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, “Oh no, Lord! This will never happen to you!”
• Matthew 21:29“He answered, ‘I don’t want to,’ but later he changed his mind and went.
• Matthew 26:33Peter told him, “Even if everyone falls away because of you, I will never fall away.”
• Colossians 2:18Let no one condemn you by delighting in ascetic practices and the worship of angels, claiming access to a visionary realm. Such people are inflated by empty notions of their unspiritual mind.
• John 13:6He came to Simon Peter, who asked him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?”
• John 3:5Jesus answered, “Truly I tell you, unless someone is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
• Isaiah 4:4when the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodguilt from the heart of Jerusalem by a spirit of judgment and a spirit of burning.
• Ezekiel 16:4As for your birth, your umbilical cord wasn’t cut on the day you were born, and you weren’t washed clean with water. You were not rubbed with salt or wrapped in cloths.
• Ezekiel 36:25I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
• Zechariah 13:1“On that day a fountain will be opened for the house of David and for the residents of Jerusalem, to wash away sin and impurity.
• Acts 22:16And now, why are you delaying? Get up and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on his name.’
• 1 Corinthians 6:11And some of you used to be like this. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
• Ephesians 5:26to make her holy, cleansing her with the washing of water by the word.
• Hebrews 9:22According to the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.
• Hebrews 10:4For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

Commentaries on John 13:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me - Thou canst not be my disciple unless I wash thee. It is certain Christ did not mean to exclude him from the apostolic office, if he should persist, through the deepest reverence for his Master, to refuse to let him wash his feet: this act of his was emblematical of something spiritual; of something that concerned the salvation of Peter; and without which washing he could neither be an apostle or be finally…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Thou shalt never wash my feet - This was a decided and firm expression of his reverence for his Master, and yet it was improper. Jesus had just declared that it had a meaning, and that he ought to submit to it. We should yield to all the plain and positive requirements of God, even if we cannot now see how obedience would promote his glory. If I wash thee not - This had immediate reference to the act of washing his feet; and it denotes that if Peter had…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8Knowing how committed Peter was to Jesus, it makes sense that he protested. However, Jesus was not just showing Peter how to serve. This was a symbolic introduction of the greater sacrifice Jesus would make on the cross (13:7). Receiving spiritual cleansing from Jesus is necessary for discipleship. If Peter could not accept this act, he could not be a disciple of Jesus.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6-116-11. Peter saith ... Lord, dost thou wash my feet?--Our language cannot bring out the intensely vivid contrast between the "Thou" and the "my," which, by bringing them together, the original expresses, for it is not good English to say, "Lord, Thou my feet dost wash?" But every word of this question is emphatic. Thus far, and in the question itself, there was nothing but the most profound and beautiful astonishment at a condescension to him quite…Read the comment

Topics related to John 13:8

• Ablution
• Apostles
• Feet
• Jesus, the Christ
• Peter
• Presumption
• Regeneration

In the dictionaries

• Jesus
• Peter
• Jesus, Jesus Christ, Christ Jesus
• Peter, Simon Peter, Cephas
• Aside
• Clean
• Commandment
• Example
• Foot
• Humility

Commentaries on John 13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings