Charles Spurgeon Commentary John 13:5

"Then he poureth water into the basin, and began to wash the disciples` feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded." — John 13:5 (ASV)

After that he pours water into a basin, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which he was girded.

You see that Jesus does his work well. He omits none of the details of it. He puts himself in the place of a slave, and he performs a slave's duty very thoroughly.

I am afraid that, sometimes, we do our work for him in a slovenly way, but Jesus was not satisfied with simply washing his disciples' feet; he must do the wiping, too. I do bless him that he did so, for this is a picture of what he has done for us. He has washed our feet, and he often repeats the gracious act.

The feet that Jesus washes he will wipe; he has not begun his task without intending to finish it. I know that he will complete in my soul the work which he has undertaken, for he fulfilled on the feet of his disciples the office he had undertaken: He began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which he was girded.

After that he poureth water into a bason,

The one that ordinarily stood in the guest-chamber for the washing of the hands and feet of the guests.