If ye know (ε οιδατε). Condition of first class assumed as true, ε and present (οιδατε used as present) active indicative.

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The servant is not. This was universally true, and they were always to remember this: that they were to manifest the same spirit …

If you know these things, happy are you if you do them.—The first clause of this verse assumes their knowledge of the thi…

So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you? Ye c…

St. Augustine of Hippo: Our Lord, mindful of His promise to Peter that he would know the meaning of His act—you will know af…

The recurrence of “sent” (GK 4287) here is a reminder that Jesus was constantly conscious of being commissioned by the Father. Jesus included his d…

If you know these things. He declares that they are happy, if they know and do these things; for k…

If you know these things
The duties they owed to him, and one another; those kind offices of love and respect to eac…

Our Lord Jesus has a people in the world that are His own; He has purchased them, and paid dearly for them, and He has set them apart for Himself. …

1. After our Lord showed that His humble service was nece ary, He then urged that it be imitated.

The Evangelist first describes the c…