Additional events occurred before John chapter 13, which are recorded in Matthew 21:1 to 26:19, Mark 11:12 to 14:16, and Luke 19:45 to 22:13, and those events span the days from sunset to sunset of the weekly sabbath of Saturday 10th Nisan on which the lamb was selected for the Passover, Sunday 11th Nisan, and Monday 12th Nisan.
The next event recorded in the Book of John indicates that it was before the time of the feast of the Passover - it was not the day of the Passover yet. This event corresponds to Matthew 26:20 which informs us that it is the evening of Monday 12th Nisan approaching Tuesday 13th Nisan which would begin at sunset. We should realize of course that if this meal/supper had been the actual Passover meal eating the lamb at sunset ending the 14th Nisan then these men should have been standing according to Exodus 12:11. Also, that year Jesus himself was the true Passover Lamb who was killed, and so he could not be in two places at the same time (eating the Passover meal of a lamb with his learning-disciples and being the lamb that was killed at Passover).
John 13:1-5:
13:1But before the feast of the Passover, Jesus - having known2 that his hour came in order that he may depart out-from this world towards the Father; having loved1 (his) own-people, the (people) in the world, he loved1 them into completion; .2and (during) a meal coming-to-pass; (after) the devil already having thrown2 into the heart in order that Judas of Simon Iscariot may give him over; .3having known2 that the Father gave to him all-things into the hands and that he came-out from God and he goes towards God - .4rises-up out-from the meal and puts the outer-garments, and having taken a towel he throughly-girded himself. .5Then he throws water into the wash-basin and began to wash the feet of the learning-disciples and to wipe with the towel which was throughly-girded2.
Before the feast of the Passover (prior to, in front of, in advance of the celebration of the festival of Passover and Unleavened Bread), Jesus...
...rises up out from the meal (Jesus arises from the position of partaking of the meal) and he puts the outer-garments (he places his outer clothing; some of the outer clothing worn during that time would indicate or signify a person's position, status, authority, profession, etc, within a community - Jesus took those garments off and set them aside)...
Afterwards in sequence Jesus casts water into the container to hold water for washing the hands or feet (the parts of the body which would be washed when members of the family or guests would enter into a house and before they would eat a meal), and he started to wash the feet of the learning-disciples (students) and to wipe the water off their feet with the towel which was throughly-girded and continues being girded thoroughly around himself.
Washing the dust/dirt from the ground off of a person’s feet after removing the sandals or other type of footwear was the custom when people to whom you showed great respect and service would enter into your house. Usually it was a slave (bond-servant) who would perform this task.
In verse 1 above, the verb "to love1" comes from the Greek word agape which is God’s kind of love. To love with His love means to love the same way as God loves, to manifest God's love towards another, whether it is towards God Himself, the Lord Jesus Christ, yourself, your neighbor, or towards anyone else. Before the day of Pentecost (which is recorded in Acts 2:1-4), God told His people how to Godly-love in His revealed spoken and/or written words (and at times certain individuals among His people received holy spirit from God temporarily whereby they received information from Him regarding how to love in different specific situations). It is the carrying out of God's commandments, His Word, which is the correct usage or way to manifest God's kind of love according to His will. It is not the same as the brotherly or friendly kind of love, nor is it the same as the emotional/feelings/sexual kind of love.
[Reference: Matthew chapter 1; John 6:70 and 71, 8:42, 12:23-28; Ephesians 6:16; Philippians 2:5-8; Hebrews 12:2. Also refer to the articles Adam and Eve, The devil, satan, and evil, and The Name of God. Note: verbs with a superscript 2 (2) immediately following them indicate the "perfect" tense - details are provided in the "Relevant Notes" link of this study.]
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