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John 13:12

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?

KJV

Ὅτε οὖν ἔνιψεν τοὺς πόδας αὐτῶν καὶ ἔλαβεν τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀνέπεσεν πάλιν, εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· γινώσκετε τί πεποίηκα ὑμῖν;

Greek NT

Postquam ergo lavit pedes eorum, et accepit vestimenta sua, cum recubuisset iterum, dixit eis : Scitis quid fecerim vobis ?

Vulgate

So when he had washed their feet, and taken his garments, and sat down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you?

ASV

Then after he had washed their feet and taken his garments, being set down again, he said to them: Know you what I have done to you?

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γινώσκω
ginosko
verb · 222×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
λαμβάνω
lambano
verb · 259×
νίπτω
nipto
verb · 17×
οὖν
oun
conjunction · 489×
πάλιν
palin
adverb · 141×
ποιέω
poieo
verb · 569×
πούς
pous
noun · 91×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
ἀναπίπτω
anapipto
verb · 11×
ἱμάτιον
imation
noun · 59×
o
article · 19778×
ὅτε
ote
adverb · 100×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

trivial
SBLGNT: καὶ | WH/Treg/NA/RP: καὶ
  • καὶSBLGNT
  • καὶWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Nestle-Aland 27, Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: καὶ ἀνέπεσεν | WH/Treg/NIV: καὶ ἀνέπεσεν | RP: ἀναπεσὼν
  • καὶ ἀνέπεσενSBLGNT
  • καὶ ἀνέπεσενWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἀναπεσὼνRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

7 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§1269Having become a member of the Church, the person baptized belongs no longer to himself, but to him who died and rose for us.75 From now on, he is called to be subject to others, to serve them in the communion of the Church, and to "obey and submit" to the Church's leaders,76 holding them in respect and affection.77 Just as Baptism is the source of responsibilities and duties, t…
§1337The Lord, having loved those who were his own, loved them to the end. Knowing that the hour had come to leave this world and return to the Father, in the course of a meal he washed their feet and gave them the commandment of love.161 In order to leave them a pledge of this love, in order never to depart from his own and to make them sharers in his Passover, he instituted the Eu…
§1694Incorporated into Christ by Baptism, Christians are "dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus" and so participate in the life of the Risen Lord.8 Following Christ and united with him,9 Christians can strive to be "imitators of God as beloved children, and walk in love"10 by conforming their thoughts, words and actions to the "mind . . . which is yours in Christ Jesus,"11 an…
1. A grievous thing, beloved, a grievous thing it is to come to the depths of wickedness; for then the soul becomes hard to be restored. Wherefore we should use every exertion not to be taken at all; since it is easier not to fall in, than having fallen to recover one's self. Observe, for instance, when Judas had thrown himself into sin, how great assistance he enjoyed, yet not…

Cross-references

  • Ezek 24:24 — Thus Ezekiel is unto you a sign: according to all that he hath done shall ye do: and when this cometh, ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
  • John 13:4 — He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself.
  • John 13:5 — After that he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples’ feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded.
  • John 13:7 — Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter.
  • Matt 20:25 — But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.