“It seems to me that the Evangelist has not preserved the literal sequence concerning the washing in these words that he might raise our understanding to the spiritual sense of the things in the passage, since those who need to wash their feet wash them before supper and before they recline to eat. The Evangelist, howe…”
Origen of Alexandria, 3th c. — COMMENTARY ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN 32.11
Original
2And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him;
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1Now 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.
— John 13:2 —
3Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God;
4He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself.