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G. Campbell Morgan · Citado em PreceptAustin
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Morgan - Jesus, knowing that His hour was come. John 13.1 Repeatedly in the Gospel of John reference is found to "the hour" of the Lord. Here the phrase finds explanation. His hour, the supreme hour of His mission, was the hour of His Cross. For that He had come into the world. It was the central fact in His mission. Yet here notice how John refers to it. It was the hour in which "He should depart out of this world unto the Father." There can be no question that this was our Lord's conception of that hour. It was the hour of departure from the world lonely, dark, full of unutterable anguish; but it was the hour of going to the Father. Beyond the loneliness, there was the restoration of fellowship; beyond the darkness, the eternal light; beyond the anguish the fulness of joy. To Him, in contemplation of the hour, there was no misgiving as to the issue. In all the experience of travail He wrought as God with God, and therefore the triumph Was certain. Knowing all this, He loved His own to the uttermost. That love was the inspiration of His going by the way of the Cross; and that going was the full and final expression and activity of that love. His going was with perfect knowledge. He was not groping heroically through darkness, uncertain as to His destination. He was walking in the light, even as He passed through the darkness. Growing a Servant’s Heart I am among you as one who serves. Luke 22:27 Today's Scripture & Insight : Luke 22:24–30 It was a long day at work. But when I got home, it was time to start my “other” job: being a good dad. Greetings from my wife and kids soon became, “Dad, what’s for dinner?” “Dad, can you get me some water?” “Dad, can we play soccer?” I just wanted to sit down. And even though part of me really wanted to be a good dad, I didn’t feel like serving my family’s needs. That’s when I saw it: a thank-you card my wife had received from someone at church. It pictured a bowl of water, a towel, and dirty sandals. Across the bottom were these words from Luke 22:27: “I am among you as one who serves.” That statement of Jesus’s mission, to serve those He came to seek and save (Luke 19:10), was exactly what I needed. If Jesus was willing to do the dirtiest of jobs for His followers—like scrubbing His followers’ no doubt filthy feet (John 13:1–17)—I could get my son a cup of water without grumbling about it. In that moment, I was reminded that my family’s requests to serve them weren’t merely an obligation, but an opportunity to reflect Jesus’s servant heart and His love to them. When requests are made of us, they are chances to become more like the One who served His followers by laying down His life for us. y: Adam R. Holz Lord, sometimes it’s hard to serve others’ needs. Help us to become more like You, willing to express Your love in the many opportunities we have to serve those around us each day. God’s love for us empowers us to serve others. QUESTION - What does it mean that Jesus loved His own to the end ANSWER - A theme in the apostle John’s writings is the love of God exemplified in the life and ministry of Jesus Christ. As John introduces the scene where Jesus humbly washes the disciples’ feet, he highlights the full extent of Christ’s love: “It was just before the Passover Festival. Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end” (John 13:1). John emphasizes that Jesus loved his own to the end. “His own” were the disciples. The Lord shared a private, profoundly intimate farewell dinner with His closest companions. He knew the hour of His death and departure from this world were imminent, and He wanted to impart a message—an object lesson—that would stay with them forever. The lesson started with the humble act of washing their feet, but that was only the beginning. In the original Greek, the phrase translated as “to the end” means “to the full extent; to the limit; to the uttermost.” Jesus would demonstrate the full extent of His love, not just through the lowly service of washing the disciples’ feet but also through His patience with Judas and His forgiveness of His disciples’ betrayal and abandonment after His arrest. Christ’s manifestations of love would ultimately reach the uttermost limits through His suffering death by crucifixion. John explains that Jesus, knowing Judas planned to betray Him, still rose from the table and began to wash all the disciples’ feet (John 13:2–5). With grace and compassion, Jesus gave Judas every opportunity to repent and return to Him. It’s important to understand that the menial task of foot-washing performed by a master to his servants was unheard of in first-century culture. Jesus initiated a shocking lesson they would never forget. Although He was their Sovereign Lord, Christ took the place of a servant to demonstrate how He loved His own to the end. Peter, in typical fashion, could not contain himself. He strongly resisted the Lord’s ministrations until Jesus reassured him, “Unless I wash you, you won’t belong to me” (John 13:8NLT). Then Peter enthusiastically submitted to the Lord, exclaiming, “Then wash my hands and head as well, Lord, not just my feet!” (John 13:9NLT). Peter and all the disciples would soon comprehend the deeper meaning behind Christ’s words and actions. The foot-washing was a symbolic foreshadowing of His cleansing sacrifice on the cross. Through His death, Jesus would serve them beyond the limits of human understanding to the full extent of divine love: “Though he was God, he did not think of equality with God as something to cling to. Instead, he gave up his divine privileges; he took the humble position of a slave and was born as a human being. When he appeared in human form, he humbled himself in obedience to God and died a criminal’s death on a cross” (Philippians 2:6–8NLT). Along with Peter and the other apostles, believers today desperately need to grasp the Lord’s teaching on humility and service: “Since I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash each other’s feet. I have given you an example to follow. Do as I have done to you. I tell you the truth, slaves are not greater than their master. Nor is the messenger more important than the one who sends the message. Now that you know these things, God will bless you for doing them” (John 13:14–17NLT). Serving one another humbly, dying to our own selfish desires for the benefit of others, reveals the full extent of our love: “We know what real love is because Jesus gave up his life for us. So we also ought to give up our lives for our brothers and sisters” (1 John 3:16NLT). The fact that Jesus loved His own to the end means He loved them to love’s fullest extent and uttermost limit. It is the heart of the gospel message: “God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him. This is real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins” (1 John 4:9–10NLT; see also John 3:16–17). John revealed that he had learned the lesson of the foot-washing, saying, “Dear friends, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other. . . . If we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is brought to full expression in us” (1 John 4:11–12NLT, see also 1 John 4:7, 8, 11, 19–21). (Gotquestion.org) QUESTION - What is the Upper Room Discourse? ANSWER - The Upper Room Discourse is the title given to a block of Jesus’ teaching found only in the Gospel of John. The discourse is what Jesus told His disciples on the night before the crucifixion while they were observing the Passover (the Last Supper) in the “upper room.” An upper room would have been on the roof of a typical home and may have been open-air or covered by some sort of canopy. It would have been accessible from the outside of the home, so Jesus and His disciples could have entered and exited without disturbing the family who owned the home. The term upper room is not found in John, but Mark and Luke both identify the location of the final meal together as an upper room (KJV) that a homeowner allowed them to use. “On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, when it was customary to sacrifice the Passover lamb, Jesus’ disciples asked him, ‘Where do you want us to go and make preparations for you to eat the Passover?’ “So he sent two of his disciples, telling them, ‘Go into the city and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him. Say to the owner of the house he enters, “The Teacher asks: Where is my guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?” He will show you a large room upstairs, furnished and ready. Make preparations for us there’” (Mark 14:12–15, emphasis added). John does not give the background about the upper room found in Mark and Luke, but John 13 picks up with the meal already in progress. In this chapter, Jesus washes the feet of His disciples, tells them of His coming betrayal by Judas (although not mentioning him by name), and tells of Peter’s coming denial. Although this happens in the upper room, it is not normally included in the “Upper Room Discourse,” which formally starts in chapter 14. (Please note that the title “Upper Room Discourse” is simply a term that Bible scholars use to designate a portion of Scripture. It is not found in the text of Scripture itself in much the same way that chapter and verse divisions have been added later and are not the result of inspiration.) John 14 is the only block of teaching that actually occurs in the upper room, although most include the content in chapters 15—17 as part of the “Upper Room Discourse” because it all takes place on the same occasion—just before Jesus’ arrest. The theme is Jesus’ last words to His disciples, and those words are meant to comfort them and prepare them for what is to come. In chapter 14 Jesus tells His disciples not to be troubled because He will be leaving them. He is going to prepare a place for them and will return. They do not yet understand what He means by this and are still struggling with the idea that He will be betrayed and crucified. Jesus tells them that He is the only way to the Father, that if they have seen Him they have seen the Father, and that He will send the Holy Spirit to them after He is gone in order that they may be comforted. The last words of John 14 are “come, let us leave,” which indicates that Jesus and the disciples are leaving the upper room. They are walking to the Garden of Gethsemane at the foot of the Mount of Olives (cf. Mark 14:26), and the ensuing teaching happens while they are walking there and perhaps stopping along the way. In John 15 Jesus gives the famous illustration of the vine and the branches. Jesus is the vine, and the disciples are the branches. They cannot bear fruit unless they remain connected to Him. He commands them to love each other and warns them that the world will hate them as it hates Him. Once again He promises the Holy Spirit will come to them. In John 16 Jesus warns them not to fall away from Him due to the grief that they will shortly experience. He tells them to be encouraged for He has overcome the world. John 17 records Jesus’ prayer for His disciples, sometimes referred to as Jesus’ High Priestly Prayer. He prays for their unity and their protection and for that of believers yet to come: “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message” (John 17:20). He also looks forward to the glory that He will once again possess after He completes the Father’s will in the crucifixion and resurrection. John 18 begins, “When he had finished praying, Jesus left with his disciples and crossed the Kidron Valley. On the other side there was a garden, and he and his disciples went into it” (verse 1). What happened there in the Garden of Gethsemane is recorded in the other gospels. (See Matthew 26:36–46 or Mark 14:32–42). Some of Jesus’ most beloved and comforting words are from the Upper Room Discourse: “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me.” (John 14:1) “I am going to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.” (John 14:2–3) “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” (John 14:6) “Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father.” (John 14:9) “If you love me, keep my commands.” (John 14:15) “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.” (John 15:5) “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you.” (John 15:9) “Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” (John 15:13) “If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first.” (John 15:17) “But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth.” (John 16:13) “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33) GotQuestions.org James Smith - CHRIST'S LAST TOKEN OF LOVE. John 13:1-17 The Passover and the supper, linked together here, is most significant. The Passover commemorated deliverance from Egyptian darkness and bondage; the supper supplied the emblems of redemption from the darkness and dominion of sin. What Pharaoh was to the Israelites, Judas was to Jesus Christ, and the consequences were much alike the sudden destruction of the enemy, and the triumph of the Lord and His people. It was here, at the supper, that Christ gave to His disciples the farewell token of His self-humiliating love to them. Let us try and think afresh of— I. What He Did. "He rose from the supper, and laid aside His garments, and took a towel, and girded Himself...and began to wash His disciples' feet and to wipe them." To wash the feet of guests, at a feast, was the work of a slave. "He made Himself of no reputation, and took upon Him the form of a servant" (Philippians 2:7). This was the attitude of the Lord Jesus from the beginning. "He came not to be ministered unto, but to minister (serve) and to give His life" (Matthew 20:28). The Lord would have our feet (walk), as well as our hearts, clean. II. When He Did It. "When He knew that His hour was come that He should depart...unto the Father (v. 1)....that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He was come from God, and was going to God" (v. 3). This lowly act of personal humiliation and service was performed, as it were, in view of the awful death of the Cross and the glory that was to follow. The near prospect of the agony of Gethsemane, the desertion of His washed disciples, and the eternal glory of the Father, did not prevent Him from humbling Himself to attend to their present need. How easy it is for us to get so taken up with our own sufferings or successes as to become self-centered and proud, or unsympathetic. He pleased not Himself, but lived and died for us. III. How He Did It. He did it lovingly. "Having loved His own..He loved them unto the end" (v. 1). Love beamed in His eyes, love throbbed in His words, love dropped at His fingers. His touch was as gentle as a mother's. He did it voluntarily. Neither law nor custom required that He should wash their feet. He did it of His own free will and choice. It was an expression of the reality and depth of His inventive grace and love. He did it perfectly. We may be well assured that when He washed their feet they would be well washed. All His words are perfect. "The blood of Christ cleanses us from all sin" (1 John 1:7). IV. Why He Did It. "I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you" (v. 15). Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus (Philippians 2:3-5). Feet-washing is a very delicate business, and must be done in the Spirit of Jesus, for it is not pleasant to flesh and blood to have our faults pointed out. There is a way of doing it that may be more offensive than profitable. To rebuke a brother or sister in an unkind manner is like washing their feet in frozen water, and let us also take heed that the water is not boiling hot with temper. Let us not forget that it is more difficult for some Christians to keep their feet (walk) clean, as in their daily calling they have more dirty paths to tread, because they are more frequently in contact with the soiling influences of the world. Humbling and painful as the work may be, Christ's example teaches us that the work at times has to be done. There will always be those who, like Peter, are ready to say, "You shall never wash my feet," but a little kindly explanation may turn it into a gladsome experience. But woe unto those who refuse to accept the blessing offered through Christ's humiliation. They have no part with Him (v. 8; John 3:5). John 13:2 During supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray Him, John 13:2 CLICK HERE TO READ IN OVER 60 ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS supper: Jn 13:4,26 the devil: Jn 13:27 Jn 6:70 Lu 22:3,31 Ac 5:3 Eph 2:3 put: Ezra 7:27 Ne 2:12 2Co 8:16 Jas 1:13-17 Rev 17:17 Related Passages: Ephesians 6:16+ in addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. John 6:70+ (THIS WAS ABOUT 1 YEAR EARLIER) Jesus answered them, “Did I Myself not choose you, the twelve, and yet one of you is a devil?” Luke 22:3+ And Satan entered into Judas who was called Iscariot, belonging to the number of the twelve. Luke 22:31+ “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded permission to sift you like wheat; Acts 5:3+ But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back some of the price of the land? Ezra 7:27 Blessed be the LORD, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing as this in the king’s heart, to adorn the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem, Nehemiah 2:12 And I arose in the night, I and a few men with me. I did not tell anyone what my God was putting into my mind to do for Jerusalem and there was no animal with me except the animal on which I was riding. 2 Corinthians 8:16 But thanks be to God who puts the same earnestness on your behalf in the heart of Titus. FIERY MISSILES HIT TARGET OF JUDAS' HEART During supper (deipnon) refers to the Passover meal (cf Jn 13:4, Jn 21:20, cf Lord's Supper in 1Co 11:20). During supper is more literally "supper being come," which is in the present tense indicating contemporaneous action, “while it was supper.” Meals were generally times of fellowship and special communion, but this meal was rudely interrupted by the devil. Brian Bell - Supper - Here we have a “5 chapter supper”! (Jn 13:1-18:1) 1. His last meal, last night, & last opportunity to teach His disciples! 2. Jesus’ last words speak of all the resources that will be at the disciples disposal, after His departure. Location? a room in Jerusalem. Occasion? the night before Passover. Passover - The day to remember back when an innocent, blemish free lambs blood was spilt, to spare a household from deaths visit to their home.
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Morgan - Borrow From this Verse page 274 - Till We Meet Again September 13 Anne Kotiadis grew up in New York City in the whirl of night clubs, dances, and gala parties. She was well schooled in etiquette and the social amenities, but her heart didn’t seem satisfied. At Columbia University, she met a Christian named Ethel who invited her to an evangelistic rally. Jack Wyrtzen of Word of Life was the speaker, and that service led to Anne’s conversion. Some time later she met a young academic at Columbia University, Anthony Fortosis, and succeeded in eventually winning him to Christ. The two were married and settled down to a deeply satisfying marriage, blessed by four healthy boys and one beautiful daughter. Then in the fall of 1967, Anne discovered a tumor. Despite the best medical attention, her situation grew serious. Dr. Fortosis recalled: Through the long, pain-filled weeks that followed, I saw Anne hover between life and death. Those were dark days and yet some of the most blessed of our life together. Anne needed me as never before as her strength began to ebb. The disease spread to her spine and internal organs. The pains began to increase. Finally she entered the hospital for the last time. The doctor told me it was now only a matter of time. One afternoon we had our last “date.” We talked about our beautiful 20 years together. After observing so many mediocre marriages, it occurred to us that God had crowned our union with abundant affection. She told me where she had hidden our love letters, and she said she wanted a very simple funeral. I kissed her and held her hand as she drifted into a coma. The next morning at 11 A.M. Anne’s spirit departed to be with her glorious Lord. Why did the Lord send this most grievous of trials? Why did He take home a wife and mother so early in her ministry? Why? I am content that His will is always good and acceptable. “What I do thou knowest not now, but thou shalt know hereafter.” John 13:7 is good enough for me. * Later you will understand (Charles Naylor, "When Adversity Come" 1944) "You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand." John 13:7 A few years ago a young preacher came to me and told me his troubles. He was passing through a time of darkness that he could not understand. Several months ago he called upon me again, and in the course of our conversation he referred to the time of trouble through which he had passed. He said, "Those things that I could not understand at that time, have taught me lessons which have prepared me to help many souls as I never could have, had I not had those severe trials." Yes, things look different now. He can now see God's hand in it. He can see that those difficult things were a blessing to his own soul and to the souls of others. He can see that he had been in God's school of adversity and knew it not. He thought these things were destructive to him, but when he looked back upon them with clear vision and a knowledge of God's purpose—he saw real blessing in them. He saw them as manifestations of the wisdom and kindness of God, and he thanked God for those things which had been bitter and hard to bear. Are you passing through difficult things which you cannot now understand? Does it look as if these things are ruining you? Just trust God and be patient. Out of your night of bitterness, out of your darkness and woe—will come strength of character, a blessed realization of God's faithfulness, and a knowledge of Him and yourself which can come to you in no other way. You will look back in time to come, and thank God for His wise care and tender love for you which brought you to these things, and realize that it was His hand leading you to better and richer things beyond. Streams in the Desert - page 218 - “What I do thou knowest not now, but thou shalt know hereafter.” (John 13:7.) WE have only a partial view here of God’s dealings, His half-completed, half-developed plan; but all will stand out in fair and graceful proportions in the great finished Temple of Eternity! Go, in the reign of Israel’s greatest king, to the heights of Lebanon. See that noble cedar, the pride of its compeers, an old wrestler with northern blasts! Summer loves to smile upon it, night spangles its feathery foliage with dewdrops, the birds nestle on its branches, the weary pilgrim or wandering shepherd reposes under its shadows from the midday heat or from the furious storm; but all at once it is marked out to fall; The aged denizen of the forest is doomed to succumb to the woodman’s stroke! As we see the axe making its first gash on its gnarled trunk, then the noble limbs stripped of their branches, and at last the “Tree of God,” as was its distinctive epithet, coming with a crash to the ground, we exclaim against the wanton destruction, the demolition of this proud pillar in the temple of nature. We are tempted to cry with the prophet, as if inviting the sympathy of every lowlier stem—invoking inanimate things to resent the affront—“Howl, fir tree; for the cedar has fallen!” But wait a little. Follow that gigantic trunk as the workmen of Hiram launch it down the mountain side; thence conveyed in rafts along the blue waters of the Mediterranean; and last of all, behold it set a glorious polished beam in the Temple of God. As you see its destination, placed in the very Holy of Holies, in the diadem of the Great King—say, can you grudge that “the crown of Lebanon” was despoiled, in order that this jewel might have so noble a setting? That cedar stood as a stately prop in Nature’s sanctuary, but “the glory of the latter house was greater than the glory of the former!” How many of our souls are like these cedars of old! God’s axes of trial have stripped and bared them. We see no reason for dealings so dark and mysterious, but He has a noble end and object in view; to set them as everlasting pillars and rafters in His Heavenly Zion; to make them a “crown of glory in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand of our God.”—Macduff. “I do not ask my cross to understand, My way to see— Better in darkness just to feel Thy hand, And follow Thee.” D L Moody - A French artisan questioned much the dispensations of Providence in the government of the world. One day, in visiting a ribbon manufactory, his attention was attracted by an extraordinary piece of machinery. Countless wheels and thousands of threads were twirling in all directions; he could understand nothing of its movements. He was informed however, that all this motion was connected with the centre, where there was a chest which was kept shut. Anxious to understand the principle of the machine, he asked permission to see the interior, “The master has the key,” was the reply. The words were like a flash of light. Here was the answer to all his perplexed thoughts. Yes; the Master has the key. He governs and directs all. It is enough. Spiritual Vision - The disciples did not always understand what Jesus said and did. Like the blind man of Bethsaida in our Scripture reading for today, their prophetic insight was as distorted as one who sees "men as trees walking." In John 13:7 Jesus tells them not to become confused or bewildered by the heartbreaking events that were to transpire. They were to proceed by faith, resting on the precious promise that "hereafter" they would comprehend His wise purposes. There is an old Hebrew legend that tells of a rabbi journeying on a mule through a wild country. His only companion was a rooster whose shrill crowing at sunrise awoke him to his devotions. He came to a small town at nightfall and sought shelter, but the inhabitants turned him away. Outside the village he found a cave in which to sleep. He lit his lamp before retiring, but a gust of wind blew out the light. During the night a wolf killed his rooster and a lion devoured his mule. Early in the morning he went to the town to see if he could buy some food. To his surprise he found no one alive. A band of robbers during the night had plundered the settlement and killed all the inhabitants. "Now I understand my troubles," said the rabbi. "If the townspeople had received me, I would now be dead. Had not my rooster and mule been killed their noise or the light of my lamp would have revealed my hiding place. God has been good to me." Christian, trust the Lord's wise leading. You may not understand it all now, but you shall know "hereafter." I know not now why schemes were spoiled And lofty aspirations foiled; I know not now why briars and thorn Should mar ambitions nobly born. Hereafter I shall know, shall see These very things were best for me! —A.G. We must TRUST God even when we cannot TRACE Him! John 13:8 Peter said to Him, "Never shall You wash my feet!" Jesus answered him, "If I do not wash you, you have no part with Me." John 13:8 CLICK HERE TO READ IN OVER 60 ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS Never shall: Ge 42:38 Mt 16:22 21:29 26:33,35 Col 2:18,23 If: Jn 13:6 Jn 3:5 Isa 4:4 Eze 16:4-9 Ezek 36:25 Zec 13:1 Ac 22:16 1Co 6:11 Eph 5:26 Titus 3:5 Heb 9:22,23 10:4-10,22 Rev 1:5 Rev 7:14 Related Passages: Psalm 51:2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity And cleanse me from my sin. Psalm 51:7 Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Isaiah 1:18 “Come now, and let us reason together,” Says the LORD, “Though your sins are as scarlet, They will be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They will be like wool. Ezekiel 36:25+ “Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols. Zechariah 13:1, 8, 9+ “In that day a fountain will be opened for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for impurity....8 “It will come about in all the land,” Declares the LORD, “That two parts in it will be cut off and perish; But the third will be left in it. 9 “And I will bring the third part through the fire, Refine them as silver is refined, And test them as gold is tested. They will call on My name, And I will answer them; I will say, ‘They are My people,’ And they will say, ‘The LORD is my God.’” Titus 3:5+ He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, Revelation 7:14+ I said to him, “My lord, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Revelation 22:14+ Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter by the gates into the city. TO PETER THIS IS UNTHINKABLE! Peter said to Him, "Never shall You wash (nipto) my feet (pous)!" - O Peter! Here he goes again! Open mouth, insert foot! The Greek is even more emphatic for Peter uses the double negative (ou + me) which is the strongest way to negate something in Greek! Peter says something like "You will never ever wash my feet forever!" or "never no never under any circumstances." The CSB translation (2009 version) picks up this double negative in an excellent rendering "You will never wash my feet-- ever!" and note it ends with an exclamation point (not in the Greek but reasonable in context). It is interesting that the 2017 revision of the CSB omits the "--ever!" and replaces it with “You will never wash my feet." (I like the nuance conveyed by the 2009 version.) Several other versions add "ever" - The Disciples Literal translation ="You will never wash my feet, ever!” EHV = “You will never, ever, wash my feet!” NLT is probably the most negative rendering = “No,” Peter protested, “you will never ever wash my feet!” VOICE = "Peter: You will not wash my feet, now or ever! " Leon