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An Understandable Version

Then He poured water into a basin and began washing His disciples feet and drying them with the towel around His waist.

New American Standard Bible

Then He *poured water into the basin, and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel with which He was girded.

King James Version

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.

Holman Bible

Next, He poured water into a basin and began to wash His disciples’ feet and to dry them with the towel tied around Him.

International Standard Version

Then he poured some water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet and to dry them with the towel that was tied around his waist.

A Conservative Version

Then he pours water into the wash-basin, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which he was girded.

American Standard Version

Then he poureth water into the basin, and began to wash the disciples feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded.

Amplified

Then He poured water into the basin and began washing the disciples’ feet and wiping them with the towel which was tied around His waist.

Anderson New Testament

Then he poured water into a basin, and began to wash his disciples feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which he was girded.

Bible in Basic English

Then he put water into a basin and was washing the feet of the disciples and drying them with the cloth which was round him.

Common New Testament

After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which he was girded.

Daniel Mace New Testament

after that, he poured water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded.

Darby Translation

then he pours water into the washhand basin, and began to wash the feet of the disciples, and to wipe them with the linen towel with which he was girded.

Godbey New Testament

then He pours water into a bowl, and began to wash the feet of the disciples, and to wipe them with the towel with which He was girded.

Goodspeed New Testament

Then he poured water into the basin and began to wash the disciples' feet, wiping them with the towel that was about his waist.

John Wesley New Testament

After that, he poured water into the bason, and began to wash the feet of the disciples, and to wipe them with the towel, wherewith he was girded.

Julia Smith Translation

Then casts he water into a washing vessel, and began to wash the feet of the disciples, and to wipe with the linen cloth with which he was girded.

King James 2000

After that he poured water into a basin, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which he was girded.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Then he poured water into the washbasin and began to wash the feet of the disciples, and to wipe [them] dry with the towel {which he had tied around himself}.

Modern King James verseion

After that He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which He was girded.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

After that, poured he water into a basin, and began to wash his disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was gird.

Moffatt New Testament

then poured water into a basin, and began to wash the feet of the disciples, wiping them with the towel he had tied round him.

Montgomery New Testament

Then he poured water into the basin, and began to wash the feet of his disciples and to wipe them with the towel with which he had girded himself.

NET Bible

He poured water into the washbasin and began to wash the disciples' feet and to dry them with the towel he had wrapped around himself.

New Heart English Bible

Then he poured water into the basin, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel that was wrapped around him.

Noyes New Testament

Then he poureth water into the basin, and began to wash the disciples feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded.

Sawyer New Testament

Then he put water into the wash-basin, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which he was girded.

The Emphasized Bible

Next, he poureth water into the wash-basin, and began to be washing the feet of the disciples, and to be wiping them with the linen cloth wherewith he was girded.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

Then he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which he was begirt.

Twentieth Century New Testament

He then poured some water into the basin, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel which was tied round him.

Webster

After that, he poured water into a basin, and began to wash the disciples feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which he was girded.

Weymouth New Testament

Then He poured water into a basin, and proceeded to wash the feet of the disciples and to wipe them with the towel which He had put round Him.

Williams New Testament

Then He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet and to wipe them with the towel which was around His waist.

World English Bible

Then he poured water into the basin, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel that was wrapped around him.

Worrell New Testament

Then He poureth water into the basin, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which He was girded.

Worsley New Testament

and then pouring water into a bason, began to wash the feet of his disciples, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith He was girded.

Youngs Literal Translation

afterward he putteth water into the basin, and began to wash the feet of his disciples, and to wipe with the towel with which he was being girded.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
εἶτα 
Eita 
Usage: 12

he poureth
βάλλω 
Ballo 
Usage: 66

ὕδωρ ὕδατος 
Hudor 
Usage: 63

εἰς 
Eis 
into, to, unto, for, in, on, toward, against,
Usage: 1267

a bason
νιπτήρ 
Nipter 
Usage: 1

and



and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0
Usage: 0

ἄρχομαι 
Archomai 
Usage: 69

to wash
νίπτω 
Nipto 
Usage: 11

μαθητής 
Mathetes 
Usage: 254

πούς 
Pous 
Usage: 67

to wipe
ἐκμάσσω 
Ekmasso 
Usage: 4

them with the towel
λέντιον 
Lention 
Usage: 2

ὅς ἥ ὅ 
Hos 
Usage: 980

he was
ἦν 
En 
was, were, had been, had, taught , stood , , vr was
Usage: 410

Context Readings

Jesus Washes His Disciples' Feet

4 So, He got up from the dinner table, laid aside His [outer] clothing and took a towel and wrapped it around Himself. 5 Then He poured water into a basin and began washing His disciples feet and drying them with the towel around His waist. 6 He came to Simon Peter, who said to Him, "Lord, are you going to wash my feet, [too]?"


Cross References

Luke 7:44

Then Jesus turned to the woman [who had just poured the perfume on Him] and said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? I came into your house and you did not give me any water for [washing] my feet, but she wet my feet with her tears and wiped them dry with her hair.

1 Timothy 5:10

having a reputation for doing good deeds, [such as] bringing up children, showing hospitality to strangers, washing the feet of the saints [i.e., God's holy people], assisting people in trouble and devoting herself to doing all [other] kinds of good deeds.

Luke 7:38

and stood behind Jesus, at His feet, crying. She began wetting His feet with her tears and wiping them dry with the hair of her head. Then she kissed His feet and poured the perfume on them.

John 13:8

Peter said to Him, "[No], you will never wash my feet." Jesus replied to him, "If I do not wash you, you will not be able to participate with me [i.e., as a disciple]."

John 13:10

Jesus replied to him, "The person who has already had a bath is completely clean and does not need to wash anything but his feet. And you disciples are [already] clean [i.e., spiritually], but not every one of you."

John 13:12-14

So, after Jesus had washed His disciples' feet and put His [outer] clothing back on, He reclined again [at the dinner table] and said to them, "Do you understand what I have done to you?

John 19:34

However, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus' side with a spear, and immediately blood and water flowed out.

Acts 22:16

So now, what are you waiting for? Get up and be immersed [into Christ], and have your sins washed away as you appeal to His name [i.e., to Christ's authority].'

1 Corinthians 6:11

And some of you have practiced such things, but you were washed [i.e., from your sins. See Acts 22:16]; you were dedicated [i.e., set apart for God's service]; you were made right with God in the name [i.e., by the authority] of the Lord Jesus Christ, and by the Holy Spirit of our God.

Ephesians 5:26

so that He could dedicate her [to Himself], after cleansing her by means of the washing of water [i.e., immersion], accompanied by the word. [Note: "The word" here refers either to a person's profession of faith (See Rom. 10:9) or to the Gospel message (See Rom. 10:17), both of which are associated with immersion].

Titus 3:3-5

For we [Christians] were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various kinds of [evil] desires and [sinful] pleasures. [We used to] live in malice and envy, hating people and being hated by them.

Hebrews 10:22

we should draw close [to God] with a sincere heart and a fully assured faith, having had our hearts sprinkled from a guilty conscience [See 9:13-14] and having had our bodies washed with clean water [i.e., in our immersion].

1 John 1:7

But, if we live in the light [of righteousness] just like God [constantly] lives in the light [of righteousness], we can truly share a relationship with one another and [can know that] the blood of Jesus, God's Son, continues to cleanse [our spirits] from all of our sins.

1 John 5:6

This Jesus is the one whose coming [to earth was introduced] by water [at His immersion. See Matt. 3:13] and [completed] by blood [at His crucifixion, John 19:17-37]. He did not come by the water only, but by the water and by the blood. And it is the Holy Spirit who gives testimony [at both of these events], because the Holy Spirit is [always] the truth. [See John 16:13].

Revelation 1:5

[It is also] from Jesus Christ, who is the Faithful Witness [to the truth], the Firstborn from the dead [i.e., the first One raised never to die again], the Ruler of the kings of the world. May there be honor and power forever and ever to Christ, who loved us and released us from our sins by His blood [Note: Some manuscripts say "washed us" since the two words are spelled almost alike].

Revelation 7:14

And I answered him, "Sir, [surely] you know." And he said to me, "These are the people who have come through the terrible persecution, and they have washed their robes and made them white with the blood of the Lamb.

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