Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.
2 And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him;
3 Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God;
---He still had to die at Calvary...because it was God's will for OUR salvation very hard road...He died so that NONE would perish if they chose to believe and OBEY...but people still fight His Name to this day...Even though He gave His life our SINS...they still wont let go of things of this world when they know to...but in the End they will know...NO just accepting him as a Personal Savior but the Whole of JOHN 3...water baptism and the spirit as Acts 2...any other...in the passage you always have Judas' trying to mess everything up for peoples lives by their evil and dishonesty all for money, which has innocent blood for what did Jesus to be betrayed...besides tell the truth...
4 He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself.
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.
6 Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet?
7 Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter.
---No one understood this, but He must needs to this...you must be washed in the Blood...Jesus don't change...
8 Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me.
9 Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head.
10 Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all.
11 For he knew who should betray him; therefore said he, Ye are not all clean.
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?
13 Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am.
14 If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet.
15 FOR I HAVE GIVEN YOU AN EXAMPLE, THAT YE SHOULD DO AS I HAVE DONE TO YOU.
16 VERILY, VERILY, I say unto you, THE SERVANT IS NOT GREATER THAN HIS LORD; NEITHER HE THAT IS SENT GREATER THAN HE THAT SENT HIM.
17 If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.
18 I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, HE THAT EATETH BREAD WITH ME HATH LIFTED UP HIS HEEL AGAINST ME.
19 NOW I TELL YOU BEFORE IT COME, THAT, WHEN IT IS COME TO PASS, YE MAY BELIEVE THAT I AM HE.
20 VERILY, VERILY, I SAY UNTO YOU, HE THAT RECEIVETH WHOMSOEVER I SEND RECEIVETH ME; AND HE THAT RECEIVETH ME RECEIVETH HIM THAT SENT ME.
Now he was troubled in spirit for He know it was about a few days before His death...and we are Overcomers by OUR TESTIMONY and so He testified...
21 When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and TESTIFIED, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.
22 Then the disciples looked one on another, doubting of whom he spake.
23 Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved.
24 Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, that he should ask who it should be of whom he spake.
25 He then lying on Jesus' breast saith unto him, Lord, who is it?
So Jesus was not quiet about it, but instead called him out...for it needs be
26 Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.
27 And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly.
28 Now no man at the table knew for what intent he spake this unto him.
---Jesus knew and Peter would have killed him...had Peter got the correct Intent...but discernment was not a gift of his...
29 For some of them thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus had said unto him, Buy those things that we have need of against the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor.
30 He then having received the sop went immediately out: and it was night.
---Now He sent Judas Iscariot Out by night, for there was no LIGHT in HIM...Hence he stumbled and it cost him...I can't help but see just now God was working on Judas during this whole thing to get right for when the hour cometh you don't...but He was and is as this...Psalm 55 ...he changed not...
31 Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him.
32 If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in himself, and shall straightway glorify him.
33 Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say to you.
34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
---Yes that means providing all things Honest...and if needs be open rebuke such as he did to Judas...think about it...yet they were not given the understanding of it clearly...
36 Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered him, Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards.
---Why Peter BUILT the church on the Day of PENTECOST for he knew it was the evidence of John 3 manifesting...and He followed the Holy Ghost afterward of the crucifixion...but the pressure was mounting with what was coming...they could feel it but didn't really foresee the crucifixion yet...
37 Peter said unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thy sake.
---Now Peter did, but couldn't do it until afterthat experience...of Acts 2...this he could not understand for he would deny him three times, and curse at the fact that he did it...But then SOMTHING made him repent something came back to rememberance of this cause of Christ...which he didn't understand yet...but He did lay down his life for Christ Sake...upside down for He would not let them crucify him upright like Jesus Christ when His time was come for He said he was not worthy...so they crucified him upside down on the cross...Think about it...Peter was a man of the sea a fisherman...he was no wimp he had strong muscles and nothing weak about him...he was a rough and tough guy...No one messed with him...and when he cut of that man's ear...he was not aiming for the ear...how is it you cannot perceive this, when he dealt with such as pirates of the sea on and off and on basis...he was a fighting man...he would cut anybody in a heartbeat that was in the wrong to him, don't even mention or dare dream about his family...and defending his friend without a flinch and have lunch in the same hour...a defender and a warrior for a righteous cause...DONT think he was weak or afraid as some has portrayed...the Gospel he preached is anything but weak...It Moves things and changed the world....Peter was a scathing man to be precise...you didn't mess with him but nothing to move him about his faith in God...such a man would not hang around a weak as the ones painted...think about it...he is painted wrong too as well...something I just noticed a long time ago before the internet came and blogging such as so...I was in my front yard down south talking to God and something came to me..."they painted Him wrong" and it don't set with me well...for when I would read His world I saw this but the paintings don't portray it...SEEK AND YE SHALL FIND...for it is before your eyes when you seek His Jeremiah 33:3...
It is simple to comprehend If you think about it...Da Vinci, Michael Angelo, Raphael, and so on...was given instructions as what they wanted it to be...they didn't seek GOD's Face of the matter first on hand...it was an opinion of a priest as employment not seeking out it was a hire on as an employee...Not that of God's...otherwise these key factors would not be so surprising...and yes Peter would for without thinking in a complete natural reflex of a response to the situation...which shows what he was...how can you not perceive that? It is this as simple as it is....The masters as we know it of works, didn't really SEEK the MASTER OF IT ALL even their talents...which painted the universe and the sky everyday...why had they due to their minds they would have caused another stir with what they would have found...but the seeked the wrong opinion not the real answers to their ponders but to their own minds...why I say this scripture Is not evidence in their writings which shows it clearly...
38 Jesus answered him, Wilt thou lay down thy life for my sake? Verily, verily, I say unto thee, The cock shall not crow, till thou hast denied me thrice.
