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Jesus answered him, "You don`t know what I am doing now, but you will understand later."
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Understanding Will Follow
Commentators explain that while Peter saw the action, he didn't grasp its symbolic meaning. Jesus promises that understanding will come 'hereafter'—referring first to the explanation He gives moments later, but also to a deeper, lifelong comprehension of humility and service that would come through experience.
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John
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
I... thou (εγω... συ). Jesus repeats the pronouns used by Peter in similar contrast.
Not now (ουκ αρτ). Ju…
19th Century
Anglican
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 …
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Baptist
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…
(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.…
16th Century
Protestant
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…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Jesus answered and said unto him Christ replies,
what I do, you know not now :…
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. …
13th Century
Catholic
After showing the dignity of Christ, the Evangelist now commends His humility, which Christ showed by washing the feet of the disciples.
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