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John 13:6

Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet?

KJV

ἔρχεται οὖν πρὸς Σίμωνα Πέτρον· λέγει αὐτῷ· κύριε, σύ μου νίπτεις τοὺς πόδας;

Greek NT

Venit ergo ad Simonem Petrum. Et dicit ei Petrus : Domine, tu mihi lavas pedes ?

Vulgate

So he cometh to Simon Peter. He saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet?

ASV

He cometh therefore to Simon Peter. And Peter saith to him: Lord, dost thou wash my feet?

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Πέτρος
petros
noun · 154×
Σίμων
simon
noun · 75×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
κύριος
kurios
noun · 717×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
νίπτω
nipto
verb · 17×
οὖν
oun
conjunction · 489×
πούς
pous
noun · 91×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

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

minor
SBLGNT: λέγει | WH/Treg/NIV: λέγει | RP: καὶ λέγει
  • λέγειSBLGNT
  • λέγειWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • καὶ λέγειRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: αὐτῷ | WH/NIV: αὐτῷ | Treg/RP: + ἐκεῖνος
  • αὐτῷSBLGNT
  • αὐτῷWestcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + ἐκεῖνοςTregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

§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…

Cross-references

  • Matt 3:14 — But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?
  • Matt 8:8 — The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.