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

6Then He comes to Simon Peter, who says to Him, “Master, are You going to wash my feet?” 7Yeshua responded, “You don’t know what I am doing now, but you will understand after these things.” Peter said to Him, “You shall never wash my feet!” Yeshua answered him, “If I don’t wash you, you have no part with Me.” 9Simon Peter said to Him, “Master, then not only my feet, but also my hands and my head!” 10Yeshua said to him, “He who has bathed has no need to wash, except the feet; he is completely clean. And you all are clean, though not every one.”

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 he said, “My son will not go down with you—for his brother is dead and he alone remains. And if harm should happen to him along the way you’re going, you’ll bring my grey hair down to Sheol in grief.”
• Matthew 16:22Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, “Never, Master! This must never happen to You!”
• Matthew 21:29The son answered, ‘I won’t,’ but afterward he had a change of heart and went.
• Matthew 26:33But Peter replied to Him, “Though all fall away because of You, I’ll never fall away.”
• Colossians 2:18Let no one disqualify you by insisting on false humility and worship of angels—going into detail about what he has seen, puffed up without cause by his fleshly mind.
• John 13:6Then He comes to Simon Peter, who says to Him, “Master, are You going to wash my feet?”
• John 3:5Yeshua answered, “Amen, amen I tell you, unless one is born of water and spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
• Isaiah 4:4After Adonai has washed away the filth of the Daughters of Zion and has purged the blood of Jerusalem from her midst by the spirit of judgment and by the spirit of burning,
• Ezekiel 16:4As for your birth, on the day you were born your umbilical cord was not cut nor were you washed in water for cleansing. You were never rubbed with salt nor were you swaddled at all.
• Ezekiel 36:25Then I will sprinkle clean water on you and you will be clean from all your uncleanness and from all your idols.
• Zechariah 13:1“In that day a spring will be opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem to cleanse them from sin and impurity.
• Acts 22:16Now why are you waiting? Get up and be immersed, and wash away your sins, calling on His Name.’
• 1 Corinthians 6:11That is what some of you were—but you were washed, you were made holy, you were set right in the name of the Lord Yeshua the Messiah and by the Ruach of our God.
• Ephesians 5:26to make her holy, having cleansed her by immersion in the word.
• Hebrews 9:22And nearly everything is purified in blood according to the Torah, and apart from 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