John 13:11
9 “Then, Lord,” Simon Peter replied, “not only my feet, but my hands and my head as well!”
10 Jesus told him, “Whoever has already bathed needs only to wash his feet, and he will be completely clean. And you are clean, though not all of you.”
For He knew who would betray Him. That is why He said, “Not all of you are clean.”
12 When Jesus had washed their feet and put on His outer garments, He reclined with them again and asked, “Do you know what I have done for you?
13 You call Me Teacher and Lord, and rightly so, because I am.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For He knew who would betray Him. That is why He said, “Not all of you are clean.”
- KJV
- For he knew who should betray him; therefore said he, Ye are not all clean.
- WEB
- For he knew him who would betray him; therefore he said, “You are not all clean.”
- ASV
- For he knew him that should betray him; therefore said he, Ye are not all clean.
- DARBY
- For he knew him that delivered him up: on account of this he said, Ye are not all clean.
- BLB
- For He knew the [one who] is betraying Him; on account of this He said, “You⁺ are not all clean.”
- ÅB
- For han visste hvem det var som skulle forråde ham; derfor sa han: Dere er ikke alle rene.
- OTB
- For han visste hvem som skulle forråde ham; derfor sa han: "Ikke alle av dere er rene."
- B1930
- For han visste hvem det var som skulde forråde ham; derfor sa han: I er ikke alle rene.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 13:26
Jesus answered, “It is the one to whom I give this morsel after I have dipped it.” Then He dipped the morsel and gave it to Judas son of Simon Iscariot.
Read in contextJohn 13:18
I am not speaking about all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the Scripture: ‘The one who shares My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.’
Read in contextJohn 13:21
After Jesus had said this, He became troubled in spirit and testified, “Truly, truly, I tell you, one of you will betray Me.”
Read in contextJohn 13:2
The evening meal was underway, and the devil had already put into the heart of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus.
Read in contextJohn 2:25
He did not need any testimony about man, for He knew what was in a man.
Read in contextMatthew 26:24–25
The Son of Man will go just as it is written about Him, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed. It would be better for him if he had not been born.”
Read in contextJohn 6:64–71
However, there are some of you who do not believe.” (For Jesus had known from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray Him.)
Read in contextJohn 17:12
While I was with them, I protected and preserved them by Your name, the name You gave Me. Not one of them has been lost, except the son of destruction, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled.
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