John 13:6-8

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⁶When He came to Simon Peter, [Peter] said to Him, Lord, are my feet to be washed by You? [Is it for You to wash my feet?]

⁷Jesus said to him, You do not understand now what I am doing, but you will understand later on.

⁸Peter said to Him, You shall never wash my feet! Jesus answered him, Unless I wash you, you have no part with (^[a]in) Me [you have no share in companionship with Me].

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Footnotes

John 13:8 Origen (the greatest theologian of the early Greek Church); Adam Clarke, The Holy Bible with A Commentary; and others so interpret this passage. Notice the “in Me” emphasis in John 15, especially in verses 4-9, words spoken concerning the same subject, and on the same evening.