SUMMARY OF JOHN 13:1-5
Just before Passover Jesus knew his time had come. He also knew Judas would betray him. He washed his disciples’ feet.
BSF Study Questions John’s Gospel: The Truth Lesson 17, Day 2: John 13:1-5
3) That his time had come to return to the Father. He also knew Judas would betray him.
4a) “Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.”
b) He humbled himself completely by doing something only slaves did at the time.
5) That Jesus was about to sacrifice his life for the sake of the world by becoming the sacrificial lamb that was used during Passover to signify God’s protection over His people and how He brought them out of Egypt. Jesus would be the ultimate sacrifice.
Conclusions BSF Study Questions John’s Gospel: The Truth Lesson 17, Day 2: John 13:1-5
So great! I love how Christ has no pretension about himself!
End Notes BSF Study Questions John’s Gospel: The Truth Lesson 17, Day 2: John 13:1-5
John 13 begins the 3rd Division of the Gospel of John, also known as the Upper Room Discourse. Here, John focuses on Jesus’ last days with the disciples.
We must remember that Judas had a choice, as we all do — to accept Jesus or reject him.
“The Bible says believers have symbolically applied the sacrificial blood of Christ to their hearts and thus have escaped eternal death (Hebrews 9:12, 14). Just as the Passover lamb’s applied blood caused the “destroyer” to pass over each household, Christ’s applied blood causes God’s judgment to pass over sinners and gives life to believers (Romans 6:23).”
source: Gotquestions
Jesus had about 24 hours left on this side of heaven at this point. He would mostly be focused on preparing his disciples.
Jesus loved us “to the fullest” aka “to the end.” here. An unending love.
We see this sentiment before: Jesus said The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into His hand. (John 3:35)
Jesus knew exactly from whence he came and where he was going to. Do you?
Washing the disciples’ feet was the ultimate act of love. Never would a teacher wash his students’ feet in Jewish culture. Here, in this act, Jesus showed true greatness (previously, his disciples had been arguing who was the greatest among them Luke 22:23 .)
Typically, the lowest servant of the house would wash the feet of the guests as they entered someone’s home. For some reason, this didn’t happen when Jesus and the disciples came into the room. They ate their meal with dirty feet.
They were sitting at a very low table (triclinium), which made washing their feet even more challenging.
Interestingly, if the disciples had washed Jesus’ feet, they would have had to offer to wash everyone’s feet, which would have put them in an inferior position to each other.
Jesus always used actions to teach. He showed true humility. Actions always speak louder than words.
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