Johannes 13:3

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Och Jesus visste att Fadern hade givit allt i hans händer, och att han hade gått ut från Gud och skulle gå till Gud.

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knowing: John 3:35, John 5:22-27, John 17:2, Matthew 11:27, Matthew 28:18, Luke 10:22, Acts 2:36, 1 Corinthians 15:27, Ephesians 1:21, Ephesians 1:22, Philippians 2:9-11, Hebrews 1:2, Hebrews 2:8, Hebrews 2:9

and that: John 13:1, John 1:18, John 3:13, John 7:29, John 7:33, John 8:42, John 16:27, John 16:28, John 17:5-8, John 17:11-13

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 25:41 - to wash Song of Solomon 8:1 - find thee Matthew 4:9 - All John 6:33 - cometh John 8:14 - for John 14:4 - whither John 16:5 - I John 16:15 - General John 16:16 - because John 17:13 - come John 20:17 - I ascend Acts 1:2 - the day 1 Corinthians 15:24 - the kingdom Philippians 2:7 - the form 1 Timothy 3:16 - received Hebrews 12:2 - for

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Jesus knowing that the Father,.... These words express the sense Christ had of his own greatness and dignity as Mediator:

had given all things into his hands; all the persons of the elect, all blessings both of grace and glory for them, and power and authority over all other persons and things, to make them subservient to his purposes:

and that he was come from God; had his mission and commission, as man, from God; did not come of himself, but he sent him:

and went to God; or was going to him in a very little time, to sit at his right hand, to have a name above every name, and to have angels, authorities, and powers subject to him; which, as it shows his high esteem with his Father, and his exalted character as Mediator, so it greatly illustrates his wonderful humility, that in the view, and under a sense and consideration of all this, he should condescend to wash the feet of his disciples; of which an account is given in the following verses.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jesus knowing ... - With the full understanding of his dignity and elevation of character, he yet condescended to wash their feet. The evangelist introduces his washing their feet by saying that he was fully conscious of his elevation above them, as being intrusted with all things, and this made his humiliation the more striking and remarkable. Had he been a mere human teacher or a prophet, it would have been remarkable; but when we remember the dignity of his nature, it shows how low he would stoop to teach and save his people.

Had given all things ... - See the notes at Matthew 28:18.

Was come from God - See the notes at John 8:42.

Went to God - Was about to return to heaven. See John 6:61-62.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse John 13:3. Knowing that the Father had given, c.] Our Lord, seeing himself almost at the end of his race, and being about to leave his apostles, thought it necessary to leave them a lesson of humility exemplified by himself, to deliver them from the bad influence of those false ideas which they formed concerning the nature of his kingdom. On all occasions previously to this, the disciples had shown too much attachment to worldly honours and dignities: if this ambition had not been removed, the consequences of it would have been dreadful in the establishment of the religion of Christ as after his death, it would have divided and infallibly dispersed them. It was necessary therefore to restrain this dangerous passion, and to confirm by a remarkable example what he had so often told them,-that true greatness consisted in the depth of humility, and that those who were the willing servants of all should be the highest in the account of God.