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John 13 — Sermon Preparation
Jesus washes his disciples' feet, predicts Judas's betrayal, gives the new commandment to love one another, and foretells Peter's denial. Below is a research summary for John 13, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- classic sermon excerpts
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John 13 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| νίπτω | níptō | G3538 | 8 | wash |
| πούς | poús | G4228 | 8 | foot |
| Σίμων | Símōn | G4613 | 6 | Simon |
| ψωμίον | psōmíon | G5596 | 4 | sop |
| λαμβάνω | lambánō | G2983 | 7 | accept, be amazed, assay, attain |
| ἀγαπάω | agapáō | G25 | 6 | love |
| Πέτρος | Pétros | G4074 | 6 | Peter, rock |
How preachers through history handled this text
47 public-domain excerpts on John 13, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Our Lord Jesus has a people in the world that are his own; he has purchased them, and paid dear for them, and he has set them apart for himself; they devote themselves to him as a peculiar people. Those whom Christ loves, he loves to the end. Nothing can separate a true believer from the love of Christ. We know not when our hour will come, therefore what we have to do in constant preparation for it, ought never to be undone. What way of access the devil has to men's hearts we cannot tell. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on John 13:1–17 (Public Domain)
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