I... thou (εγω... συ). Jesus repeats the pronouns used by Peter in similar contrast.

Not now (ουκ αρτ). Ju…

Thou knowest not now. Though he saw the action of Jesus, yet he did not fully understand the design of it. It was a symbolical ac…

What I do you do not know now.—Here both pronouns are emphatic and convey a rebuke to Peter. His words had almost implied that the Lord's …

Jesus answered and said to him, What I do you do not know now; but you shall know hereafter.

I have heard this saying of our Lord a…

Origen of Alexandria: As a physician who has many sick people under his care begins with those who need his attention most, s…

(6–8a) The response of Simon Peter may have been representative of the common feeling that Jesus ought not to demean himself by washing their feet.…

What I do. We are taught by these words that we should simply obey Christ, even though we may not understand the reason why he desires thi…

Jesus answered and said unto him
Christ replies,

what I do, you know not now :
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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. …

After showing the dignity of Christ, the Evangelist now commends His humility, which Christ showed by washing the feet of the disciples.

The…