Joh 13:4 | RWP | e4.org | Riseth from supper ( εγειρετα εκ του δειπνου ). Vivid dramatic present middle indicative of εγειρω . From the couch on which he was reclining. Layeth aside ( τιθησιν ). Same dramatic present active of τιθημ . His garments ( τα ιματια ). The outer robe ταλλιθ ( ιματιον ) and with only the tunic ( χιτων ) on "as one that serveth" ( ). Jesus had already rebuked the apostles for their strife for precedence at the beginning of the meal ( ). A towel ( λεντιον ). Latin word linteum , linen cloth, only in this passage in the N.T. Girded himself ( διεζωσεν εαυτον ). First aorist active indicative of διαζωννυω ( -υμ ), old and rare compound (in Plutarch, LXX, inscriptions, and papyri), to gird all around. In N.T. only in John ( , ; ). Did Peter not recall this incident when in he exhorts all to "gird yourselves with humility" ( την ταπεινοφροσυνην εγκομβωσασθε )?

‏ John 13:4

Riseth from supper ( εγειρετα εκ του δειπνου ). Vivid dramatic present middle indicative of εγειρω. From the couch on which he was reclining.

Layeth aside ( τιθησιν ). Same dramatic present active of τιθημ.

His garments ( τα ιματια ). The outer robe ταλλιθ ( ιματιον ) and with only the tunic ( χιτων ) on "as one that serveth" (Lu 22:27). Jesus had already rebuked the apostles for their strife for precedence at the beginning of the meal (Lu 22:24-30).

A towel ( λεντιον ). Latin word linteum, linen cloth, only in this passage in the N.T.

Girded himself ( διεζωσεν εαυτον ). First aorist active indicative of διαζωννυω ( -υμ ), old and rare compound (in Plutarch, LXX, inscriptions, and papyri), to gird all around. In N.T. only in John (13:4, 5; 21:7). Did Peter not recall this incident when in 1Pe 5:5 he exhorts all to "gird yourselves with humility" ( την ταπεινοφροσυνην εγκομβωσασθε )?