John Chapter 13, Verse 14
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14: ει ουν εγω ενιψα υμων τους ποδας ο κυριος και ο διδασκαλος και υμεις οφειλετε αλληλων νιπτειν τους ποδας
14: If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye
also ought to wash one another's feet.
14: If then I being your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; you
also ought to wash one another's feet.
Ye also ought to wash, &c. Some have understood this literally as instituting a religious rite which we ought to observe; but this was evidently not the design; for,
1st. There is not evidence that Jesus intended it as a religious observance, like the Lord's Supper or the ordinance of baptism.
2nd. It was not observed by the apostles or the primitive Christians as a religious rite.
3rd. It was a rite of hospitality among the Jews, a common, well-know thing, and performed by servants.
