What Does John 13:4 Mean?

“He riseth”

to waken (transitively or intransitively), i.e., rouse (literally, from sleep, from sitting or lying, from disease, from death; or figuratively, from

“from”

a primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence action or motion proceeds), from, out (of place, time, or cause literal or figurative; direct

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“supper”

dinner, i.e., the chief meal (usually in the evening)

“and”

and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words

“laid aside”

to place (in the widest application, literally and figuratively; properly, in a passive or horizontal posture, and thus different from g2476, which pr

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“garments”

a dress (inner or outer)

“and”

and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words

“took”

while g0138 is more violent, to seize or remove))

“a towel”

a "linen" cloth, i.e., apron

“and girded”

to gird tightly

“himself”

(him- her-, it-, them-, my-, thy-, our-, your-)self (selves), etc