John 13:6

John 13:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet?
• New International Version (NIV)He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?”
• English Standard Version (ESV)He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, "Lord, do you wash my feet?"
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then He came to Simon Peter. And Peter said to Him, “Lord, are You washing my feet?”

Context of John 13:6

4So, during the meal, he stood up. He took off the coat that he wore over his other clothes. He tied a piece of cloth round himself. 5Then he poured water into a bowl and he began to wash the disciples' feet. Jesus made their feet dry with the cloth that was round him. Jesus came to Simon Peter. Peter asked him, ‘Lord, will you really wash my feet?’ 7Jesus answered him, ‘You do not understand now what I am doing. But you will understand in the future.’ 8Peter said, ‘No! You will never wash my feet!’ Jesus answered, ‘If I do not wash you, you do not belong with me.’

John 13:6 word by word

Ἔρχεται οὖν πρὸς Σίμωνα Πέτρον· λέγει αὐτῷ κύριε, σύ μου νίπτεις τοὺς πόδας;Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thenοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• cometh heἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• toπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• SimonΣίμωνSimōn · SimonG4613
• PeterΠέτροςPetros · PeterG4074
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• saithλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• unto himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• unto himἐκεῖνοςekeinos · thatG1565
• Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
• dostνίπτωniptō · to washG3538
• thouσύsu · youG4771
• myἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• feetὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• feetπούςpous · footG4228

Cross-references for John 13:6

• John 1:27He is the one who comes after me. I am not good enough even to undo his shoes for him.’
• Matthew 3:11I baptize you with water. This shows that you want to change the way that you live. But another person will come soon. He is greater than I am. I am not good enough even to carry his shoes for him. This other person will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
• Luke 5:8When Simon saw all the fish, he went down on his knees in front of Jesus. ‘Sir,’ he said, ‘I am a bad man. So please go away from me.’

Commentaries on John 13:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Lord, dost Thou wash My feet? - Every word here is exceedingly emphatic. Peter had often seen the great humility of his Lord, but never saw his condescension so particularly marked as in this instance.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Dost thou wash my feet? - Every word here is emphatic. Dost thou - the Son of God, the Messiah - perform the humble office of a servant - toward me, a sinner? This was an expression of Peter‘s humility, of his reverence for Jesus, and also a refusal to allow him to do it. It is possible, though not certain from the text, that he came to Simon Peter first.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-38The setting is the final Passover meal of Jesus on Thursday evening. During this meal, Judas Iscariot betrays Jesus. John does not describe the meal itself like the Synoptic Gospels do (Matthew 26:17–29; Mark 14:12–25; Luke 22:7–20; see also 1 Corinthians 11:23–26). John focuses on other activities at the event, such as: the foot washing (John 13:1–17), Judas’s betrayal (13:18–30), and the prediction of Peter’s denials (13:31–38).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 13:6

• Apostles
• Feet
• Foot
• Jesus, the Christ
• Peter

In the dictionaries

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

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