Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
Began to wash ... - It was uniformly the office of a servant to wash the feet of guests, I Samuel 25:41. It became a matter of necessity where they traveled without shoes, and where they reclined on couches at meals. It should be remembered here that the disciples were not sitting at the table, as we do, but were lying with their feet extended from the table, so that Jesus could easily have access to them. See the notes at Matthew 23:6.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
2 Kings 3:11
Matthew 20:20-28
Matthew 23:6
Matthew 26:20
Luke 12:37
Luke 22:26-27
Acts 7:33
Philippians 2:7
1 Timothy 5:10
Hebrews 1:14
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