1 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:13,700 Hi everyone. Welcome back to the podcast or 2 00:00:13,700 --> 00:00:16,800 hope you're enjoying learning the gospels this way where we 3 00:00:16,800 --> 00:00:20,200 really dive into the text and we always want to get it the 4 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:22,600 literal sense. What was the author trying to 5 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:25,600 convey to his original audience? And that's where we have to 6 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:28,300 start and we do that by looking at the type of words that are 7 00:00:28,308 --> 00:00:32,299 used the type of items that were in use at the time, the 8 00:00:32,299 --> 00:00:35,200 geography, all that sort of stuff comes together when we do 9 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:39,100 an exegesis. Now, on this particular day in 10 00:00:39,100 --> 00:00:43,300 the liturgical calendar, it's Holy Thursday, as we call it in 11 00:00:43,300 --> 00:00:46,300 most countries, but the technical name on the general, 12 00:00:46,300 --> 00:00:50,200 Roman Calendar is Maundy Thursday and there's actually 13 00:00:50,200 --> 00:00:52,500 two different masses on this day, which have two different 14 00:00:52,500 --> 00:00:55,500 readings. So there's often a morning Mass, 15 00:00:55,600 --> 00:00:58,200 which is called the chrism Mass on Holy Thursday. 16 00:00:58,700 --> 00:01:02,300 And then there's a later Mass called the mass of the Lord's 17 00:01:02,300 --> 00:01:04,000 supper. And that later one is the one 18 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:05,700 that most of us are familiar with. 19 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:09,300 So we're going to do the gospel. Reading for that later, mass for 20 00:01:09,300 --> 00:01:12,700 the mass of the Lord's Supper. So we're looking today at John 21 00:01:12,700 --> 00:01:18,300 chapter 13 verses 1 to 15. It was before the Festival of 22 00:01:18,300 --> 00:01:21,700 the Passover. And Jesus knew that the hour had 23 00:01:21,700 --> 00:01:25,000 come for him to pass from this world to the father. 24 00:01:26,100 --> 00:01:30,000 He had always loved those who were in the world but now he 25 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:35,200 showed how perfect his love was They were at supper and the 26 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:37,400 devil had already put it into the mind of Judas. 27 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:40,100 Iscariot the son of Simon to betray him. 28 00:01:41,300 --> 00:01:45,600 Jesus knew that the father had put everything into his hands, 29 00:01:46,100 --> 00:01:50,400 and that he had come from God and was returning to God and he 30 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:54,800 got up from table removed. His outer garment and taking a 31 00:01:54,800 --> 00:02:00,000 towel wrapped it round his waist, then he poured water into 32 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:03,900 a basin and began to wash the disciples feet and to wipe them 33 00:02:05,100 --> 00:02:06,600 with the towel that he was wearing. 34 00:02:07,700 --> 00:02:10,000 He came to Simon Peter, who said to him? 35 00:02:10,900 --> 00:02:13,100 Lord, are you going to wash my feet? 36 00:02:13,900 --> 00:02:18,000 Jesus answered at the moment, you do not know what I'm doing, 37 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:22,900 but later, you will understand never said, Peter. 38 00:02:22,900 --> 00:02:27,000 You shall never wash my feet. Jesus replied. 39 00:02:27,200 --> 00:02:30,900 If I do not wash you, you can have nothing in common with me. 40 00:02:32,500 --> 00:02:37,800 Then lord said, Simon Peter, not only my feet but my hands are my 41 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:42,700 head as well. Jesus said, no one who has taken 42 00:02:42,700 --> 00:02:47,000 a bath needs washing. He is clean all over you. 43 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:52,200 Two are clean though. Not all of you are He knew who 44 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:55,600 is going to portray him. That's why he said though, not 45 00:02:55,600 --> 00:02:59,800 all of you are. When he had washed their feet 46 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:03,000 and put on his clothes again, he went back to the table. 47 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:06,900 Do you understand? He said, what I have done to 48 00:03:06,900 --> 00:03:10,300 you. You call me master and Lord and 49 00:03:10,300 --> 00:03:17,300 rightly so I am if I then the Lord and Master have washed your 50 00:03:17,300 --> 00:03:20,100 feet, you should wash each other's feet. 51 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:24,500 I have given you an example so that you may copy what I have 52 00:03:24,500 --> 00:03:31,500 done to you. So, what's the context what's 53 00:03:31,500 --> 00:03:33,200 happened? Just before this, in the Gospel 54 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:35,400 of John. So Jesus has already entered 55 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:38,600 Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. So, we're now in the final week 56 00:03:38,900 --> 00:03:42,500 and in this particular section, Jesus begins, and this starts 57 00:03:42,500 --> 00:03:46,000 quite a long section John. He begins to personally, show 58 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:49,500 his love for his own particularly in relation to his 59 00:03:49,500 --> 00:03:53,500 impending, death. So verse one of chapter 13, says 60 00:03:53,500 --> 00:03:55,900 it was before the Festival of the Passover. 61 00:03:57,400 --> 00:04:01,000 So the Passover was going to take place on the Friday of that 62 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:04,300 week, so that will be April 3rd 33 ad. 63 00:04:05,300 --> 00:04:09,500 And for whatever reason, Jesus ends up celebrating the Passover 64 00:04:09,500 --> 00:04:11,600 meal on Thursday with his disciples. 65 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:14,500 And we've talked in this podcast about different theories as to 66 00:04:14,500 --> 00:04:19,100 why he celebrates his Passover meal with the disciples on the 67 00:04:19,100 --> 00:04:21,100 Thursday, rather than the Friday. 68 00:04:22,500 --> 00:04:25,700 Verse one goes on, Jesus knew that the hour had come. 69 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:30,000 So Jesus has this Supernatural knowledge and he knows that his 70 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:32,100 death is close. He can feel it. 71 00:04:33,100 --> 00:04:37,000 So the hour has come and in a theological terms, this is the 72 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:39,500 hour of his new Passover and Exodus. 73 00:04:40,100 --> 00:04:43,500 The Great ACT of Salvation in which God's love defeats the 74 00:04:43,500 --> 00:04:47,000 power of sin, and ransoms, those enslaved to it. 75 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:49,300 So, all of that is about to happen. 76 00:04:49,300 --> 00:04:52,200 And Jesus knows that and he knows it in. 77 00:04:52,300 --> 00:04:56,600 Nuclear, the time has come for him to pass from this world to 78 00:04:56,600 --> 00:05:00,100 the father. So, depending on how you 79 00:05:00,100 --> 00:05:03,500 interpret that to pass to the father, certainly it means that 80 00:05:03,500 --> 00:05:06,900 Jesus Earthly ministry will ended his crucifixion. 81 00:05:07,500 --> 00:05:11,700 So, although after he after he dies, he doesn't technically go 82 00:05:11,700 --> 00:05:14,600 to the father. You could say that the end of 83 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:17,400 his, because he doesn't go to the father till after his 84 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:20,000 Ascension. But certainly after his 85 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:22,000 crucifixion that's the end of his ministry. 86 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:25,700 With his disciples, he does see the disciples again after his 87 00:05:25,700 --> 00:05:28,100 death but he no longer spends regular. 88 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:31,700 Time in Ministry with them, it's only a short while after his 89 00:05:31,700 --> 00:05:34,400 death that he goes to heaven to be with the father. 90 00:05:34,400 --> 00:05:35,900 So that's probably what it means. 91 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:39,000 He senses that the end of his ministry has arrived. 92 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:44,100 He had always loved those who were his in the world. 93 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:48,600 So this passage is talking about his followers, those who is 94 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:52,400 going to leave behind when he leaves the world and goes to the 95 00:05:52,400 --> 00:05:54,900 father and he has always loved his followers. 96 00:05:55,900 --> 00:05:57,900 Now, what does loved mean? It can mean a few different 97 00:05:57,900 --> 00:06:02,200 things, but in the Gospels, it usually means caring deeply for 98 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:05,400 the well-being of someone. So doing good to someone. 99 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:07,300 And that's probably what it means here as well. 100 00:06:07,700 --> 00:06:13,300 Jesus wants to continue doing good for This one says, but now 101 00:06:13,300 --> 00:06:18,200 he showed how perfect his love was or most translations have 102 00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:23,000 this as he loved them until the end and that's quite a beautiful 103 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:27,800 phrase so it could may need when it says the end. 104 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:31,100 It could mean, as in time, Jesus, love them right up until 105 00:06:31,100 --> 00:06:34,600 the moment of his death. But the end can also mean, in 106 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:38,100 terms of perfection Jesus, love them to completion. 107 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:43,800 So, John the narrator Is telling us just how perfect Jesus love 108 00:06:43,800 --> 00:06:45,900 really is. And in fact, he's about to 109 00:06:45,900 --> 00:06:47,600 perform the ultimate Act of love. 110 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:50,200 So what is this demonstration of love? 111 00:06:50,300 --> 00:06:53,800 You could interpret it as the cross certainly that's the 112 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:57,000 ultimate Act of Love or it could mean the very next thing that 113 00:06:57,000 --> 00:07:00,500 Jesus does which is also a demonstration of his love and 114 00:07:00,500 --> 00:07:03,900 that is the foot washing verse 2. 115 00:07:03,900 --> 00:07:06,700 They were at supper so they're at the Passover dinner on the 116 00:07:06,700 --> 00:07:11,000 Thursday evening The devil had already put it into the mind of 117 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:14,000 Judas, Iscariot the son of Simon to betray him. 118 00:07:14,900 --> 00:07:17,500 So the devil wants Jesus. Did the devil thinks that if 119 00:07:17,500 --> 00:07:22,700 Jesus dies then he wins. So the devil's plan is just not 120 00:07:22,700 --> 00:07:26,400 slowly manipulate the plans and thoughts of Judas to ensure that 121 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:31,100 Jesus will die verse 3. Jesus knew that the father had 122 00:07:31,100 --> 00:07:35,500 put everything into his hands. And that he had come from God 123 00:07:35,500 --> 00:07:38,500 and was returning to God. So Jesus knows. 124 00:07:38,700 --> 00:07:41,600 An awful lot. He knows his place as the second 125 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:44,300 person of the Trinity. He knows it. 126 00:07:44,300 --> 00:07:47,200 He's from God, and he knows God's plan. 127 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:49,600 He knows all that's about to occur and why? 128 00:07:49,600 --> 00:07:54,400 Basically, now we got to get to this next section which is about 129 00:07:54,400 --> 00:07:56,700 foot washing and it's important to talk about the cultural 130 00:07:56,700 --> 00:08:00,800 context, why would people's feet be washed before meals? 131 00:08:01,100 --> 00:08:05,600 So in that society and it's largely a desert country while 132 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:09,000 it's certainly in the middle of the Middle East and desert Most 133 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:12,700 people traveled by foot either Barefoot or with open sandals 134 00:08:12,700 --> 00:08:14,400 that was quite common in that culture. 135 00:08:14,900 --> 00:08:17,600 So the reality is that most of the time, people's feet were 136 00:08:17,600 --> 00:08:20,900 very dirty. So when someone went in for a 137 00:08:20,907 --> 00:08:24,000 meal, it was an act of hospitality to offer guests 138 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:28,900 water for washing their feet. So usually the hosts would offer 139 00:08:28,900 --> 00:08:31,900 sort of a bowl of water for the person to wash their own feet 140 00:08:31,900 --> 00:08:35,200 with in order to feel a bit more refreshed and clean and to get 141 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:39,799 ready to enter the meal. Now the underside of the foot 142 00:08:39,799 --> 00:08:42,299 was considered to be a dishonorable part of the body. 143 00:08:42,299 --> 00:08:46,600 So that's why the host wouldn't wash the guests feet that would 144 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:48,600 get the guests to do it themselves because it was not 145 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:51,000 considered a nice part of the body to touch. 146 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:55,700 So if the host was going to get anyone to wash their feet, it 147 00:08:55,700 --> 00:08:57,800 would either be getting the person themself to do it or 148 00:08:57,800 --> 00:09:02,100 sending one of their slaves or a person of lower status to do the 149 00:09:02,100 --> 00:09:05,400 foot washing, you don't get someone of higher status to wash 150 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:07,800 feet. That's just consider to be gross 151 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:11,600 and not, Done thing. But now verse for Jesus, got up 152 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:14,100 from table removed, his outer garments. 153 00:09:14,300 --> 00:09:17,300 So he sort of taking off the larger cloak, so he's a bit more 154 00:09:17,300 --> 00:09:20,900 free to do the manual labor associated with foot-washing. 155 00:09:21,400 --> 00:09:26,100 He takes a towel and wrapped it around his waist, so Jesus is 156 00:09:26,100 --> 00:09:28,800 clearly taking on the position of servant here. 157 00:09:29,300 --> 00:09:32,500 So if a person a rich person had servants, they would get the 158 00:09:32,508 --> 00:09:36,700 servant to wash the guests feet and Jesus is now becoming this 159 00:09:36,700 --> 00:09:39,700 servant. He Poured water into a basin. 160 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:44,700 And began to wash the disciples feet and to wipe them with the 161 00:09:44,700 --> 00:09:48,200 towel he was wearing. So imagine how shocking this 162 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:51,800 would be for the disciples. Masters did not do this for 163 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:55,200 servants higher class. People did not wash the feet of 164 00:09:55,200 --> 00:09:59,400 lower people. So why is Jesus doing that? 165 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:01,100 While he actually tells us a bit later on? 166 00:10:01,100 --> 00:10:04,800 That he is setting an example for the disciples but it's also 167 00:10:04,800 --> 00:10:09,100 you could see this and some Scholars, see this As a pre 168 00:10:09,100 --> 00:10:12,000 enactment of what he's about to do on the cross. 169 00:10:12,900 --> 00:10:15,500 So, on the cross. Jesus, descends to the lowest 170 00:10:15,500 --> 00:10:19,200 depths the human can be for the sake of all other creatures. 171 00:10:19,500 --> 00:10:21,100 And that's what Philippians chapter 2. 172 00:10:21,100 --> 00:10:25,200 Says it says, though, he was in the form of God, taking the form 173 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:28,000 of a slave. He humbled himself becoming 174 00:10:28,300 --> 00:10:30,800 obedient to death, even death on a cross. 175 00:10:31,900 --> 00:10:35,400 So, the feet washing, is in a sense of foreshadowing of the 176 00:10:35,400 --> 00:10:38,200 ultimate humility that Jesus is about to experience. 177 00:10:38,300 --> 00:10:42,300 It's verse 6. He came to Simon Peter, who said 178 00:10:42,300 --> 00:10:44,400 to him? Lord, are you going to wash my 179 00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:46,600 feet? So, Peter here seems to be 180 00:10:46,600 --> 00:10:50,000 indignant as he does elsewhere in the gospels. 181 00:10:50,600 --> 00:10:53,300 He think he doesn't think it's appropriate for Jesus as the 182 00:10:53,300 --> 00:10:55,500 Messiah to be doing these actions. 183 00:10:55,700 --> 00:10:59,700 He thinks that, you know, the Messiah should not be doing 184 00:10:59,700 --> 00:11:02,200 these kind of lower actions. That doesn't make sense for the 185 00:11:02,200 --> 00:11:06,000 Messiah. Jesus says, at the moment, you 186 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:09,600 do not know what I'm doing, but later, You will understand. 187 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:13,100 So there's the reality is as we look at the gospels, there's a 188 00:11:13,100 --> 00:11:16,200 whole lot of things that Jesus said and did that were 189 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:19,500 mysterious that it to the disciples during his ministry. 190 00:11:19,500 --> 00:11:21,500 They just didn't get a lot of what he did. 191 00:11:22,300 --> 00:11:24,900 But later when they were enlightened by the Holy Spirit, 192 00:11:24,900 --> 00:11:27,200 they did understand the things that had happened. 193 00:11:27,200 --> 00:11:31,200 They were able to look back and say now I understand and we see 194 00:11:31,200 --> 00:11:35,200 that in John chapter 16 verse 13 and 14, the disciples were 195 00:11:35,200 --> 00:11:39,700 clearly enlightened by the Holy Spirit later on Verse 8. 196 00:11:39,700 --> 00:11:41,500 Jesus continued to talks to Peter. 197 00:11:41,700 --> 00:11:45,500 If I do not wash you, you can have nothing in common with me. 198 00:11:46,600 --> 00:11:50,200 So Jesus, here is saying that if Peter can't accept the model 199 00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:53,600 that Jesus is setting out for the kingdom and if Peter can't 200 00:11:53,600 --> 00:11:57,500 yield to Jesus instructions, then basically he's not fit to 201 00:11:57,500 --> 00:12:01,100 be a part of that Kingdom. So Jesus here is using quite 202 00:12:01,100 --> 00:12:03,700 forceful language. He's telling Jesus, he must 203 00:12:03,700 --> 00:12:08,500 submit Now, this is in a sense director, to all Christians as 204 00:12:08,500 --> 00:12:10,400 well. And some commentaries talked 205 00:12:10,400 --> 00:12:14,700 about how sometimes we might feel like, Jesus isn't good 206 00:12:14,700 --> 00:12:17,200 enough to wash your feet or on the other hand, we might feel 207 00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:20,600 that we're not good enough and Jesus shouldn't come near us and 208 00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:23,400 wash our feet. But Jesus instruction here is 209 00:12:23,400 --> 00:12:25,300 pretty clear. If I do not wash you, you can 210 00:12:25,300 --> 00:12:29,100 have nothing in common with me. We must submit to Christ in 211 00:12:29,100 --> 00:12:31,200 order to benefit from his death on the cross. 212 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:33,800 No matter who we think we are in relation to him. 213 00:12:33,800 --> 00:12:36,400 We must submit to Jesus and he's Structions. 214 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:41,600 Verse 9 Peter thinks he understands he says well then 215 00:12:41,600 --> 00:12:45,100 Lord not only my feet but my hands and my head as well. 216 00:12:45,700 --> 00:12:48,700 So Peter probably thinks Jesus is talking about you know doing 217 00:12:48,700 --> 00:12:51,300 a physical complete washing of the body. 218 00:12:52,200 --> 00:12:54,700 He seems to be saying something like well if that's the case 219 00:12:54,700 --> 00:12:57,900 Jesus, then I want more of your washing washing me all over. 220 00:12:59,800 --> 00:13:01,400 Verse 10. Jesus indicates that. 221 00:13:01,400 --> 00:13:04,300 Peter hasn't understood. He says no one who has taken a 222 00:13:04,300 --> 00:13:07,400 bath needs washing. He is clean all over. 223 00:13:08,400 --> 00:13:10,600 So, Jesus is basically saying to Peter. 224 00:13:10,900 --> 00:13:13,000 That's not the reason I'm watching you. 225 00:13:13,100 --> 00:13:18,200 It's not that kind of washing. So, Jesus is doing this action 226 00:13:18,400 --> 00:13:20,900 of washing the feet because there's something symbolic about 227 00:13:20,900 --> 00:13:24,300 washing the feet in particular. It's not about washing the whole 228 00:13:24,300 --> 00:13:26,700 body to make it clean. It's actually about the action 229 00:13:26,700 --> 00:13:30,100 of washing someone's feet that Jesus wants them to pay 230 00:13:30,100 --> 00:13:33,300 attention to And the Peter hasn't understood. 231 00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:37,500 Remember that in that culture feet would typically dirty. 232 00:13:37,900 --> 00:13:43,400 And so people would servants would wash the feet of higher 233 00:13:43,400 --> 00:13:46,500 class people, when they arrive for a meal and it was considered 234 00:13:46,500 --> 00:13:50,100 to be quite a gross. Debasing thing to do to watch 235 00:13:50,100 --> 00:13:53,100 someone else's meal. Now, some translations actually 236 00:13:53,100 --> 00:13:55,100 have this first to make it a bit clearer. 237 00:13:55,100 --> 00:14:00,900 It says no one who is taking a bath needs washing except for 238 00:14:00,900 --> 00:14:03,900 his feet. So that would certainly make 239 00:14:03,900 --> 00:14:06,600 sense. Jesus wants him to pay attention 240 00:14:06,600 --> 00:14:09,500 to the feet. There's something about that. 241 00:14:09,900 --> 00:14:13,200 And then Jesus finishes this by saying, you two are clean 242 00:14:13,300 --> 00:14:17,000 though, not all of you are. So Jesus uses this as a teaching 243 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:19,200 opportunity, he says to Peter, you're clean. 244 00:14:19,600 --> 00:14:22,400 But someone else in here or rather some of you in here are 245 00:14:22,400 --> 00:14:26,500 not. So he's Shifting the metaphor to 246 00:14:26,500 --> 00:14:30,100 now mean, morally clean. He says, that in a sense, 247 00:14:30,400 --> 00:14:33,700 there's some people here who are not more Ali, clean and verse 248 00:14:33,700 --> 00:14:36,400 11. John tells us, he knew who was 249 00:14:36,400 --> 00:14:39,300 going to betray him. That's why he said though, not 250 00:14:39,300 --> 00:14:41,900 all of you are. So Jesus, here is talking about 251 00:14:41,900 --> 00:14:47,400 Judas, Judas is not really clean morally, Verse 12. 252 00:14:47,400 --> 00:14:51,900 Now, Jesus, if it just finished, their, we'd still be kind of 253 00:14:51,900 --> 00:14:54,600 left wondering a little bit about what exactly the foot 254 00:14:54,600 --> 00:14:57,100 washing means. And sometimes, unfortunately, 255 00:14:57,100 --> 00:14:58,800 that's what people do when they're interpreting. 256 00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:02,300 This passage, is they finished their and they don't actually. 257 00:15:04,200 --> 00:15:06,300 They don't actually read the rest of the passage where Jesus 258 00:15:06,300 --> 00:15:09,700 explains why he washed their feet verse 12. 259 00:15:09,700 --> 00:15:12,600 Jesus says, do you understand what I have done to you? 260 00:15:13,400 --> 00:15:16,600 So, Jesus wants to ensure that his disciples of understood the 261 00:15:16,600 --> 00:15:21,600 message. Now he says, you call me master 262 00:15:21,700 --> 00:15:25,800 or teacher and Lord. So Jesus is establishing. 263 00:15:25,800 --> 00:15:28,600 These are the common titles of respect that you've called me 264 00:15:28,600 --> 00:15:32,300 during my Ministry and they submit to his authority. 265 00:15:33,100 --> 00:15:36,600 So Jesus establishes that and then he says this and this is 266 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:42,700 important and rightly. So I am So here, Jesus confirms 267 00:15:42,700 --> 00:15:44,300 that he is their master and Lord. 268 00:15:44,300 --> 00:15:47,100 He says you are correct. I am your master and Lord. 269 00:15:47,400 --> 00:15:50,100 Now that's important when we're doing an exegesis because some 270 00:15:50,100 --> 00:15:52,800 people, you might have heard, some people do sermons on this 271 00:15:53,500 --> 00:15:56,500 where they interpret the washing of the feet to mean that Jesus 272 00:15:56,500 --> 00:16:00,600 is telling the disciples that he's not really their master and 273 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:03,400 that they have misunderstood he's saying I'm not really your 274 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:06,200 master. Now this verse rules that 275 00:16:06,200 --> 00:16:09,400 interpretation out that can't be correct because Jesus here says 276 00:16:09,400 --> 00:16:12,100 you call me master And Lord and rightly. 277 00:16:12,100 --> 00:16:15,400 So I am. So Jesus first starts by saying 278 00:16:15,400 --> 00:16:19,900 I am your master but here's the point he wants to make verse 14. 279 00:16:20,600 --> 00:16:24,900 If I then the Lord and Master have washed your feet, you 280 00:16:24,900 --> 00:16:28,500 should wash each other's feet. I have given you an example. 281 00:16:28,500 --> 00:16:30,700 So that you may copy what I have done to you. 282 00:16:31,800 --> 00:16:34,300 This is the key reason why Jesus washed their feet. 283 00:16:34,600 --> 00:16:38,700 He set an example to them. So, as the master Jesus has 284 00:16:38,700 --> 00:16:43,300 model, the kind of behavior. He It's his disciples to show to 285 00:16:43,300 --> 00:16:46,100 each other. As the lord of the Kingdom. 286 00:16:46,400 --> 00:16:50,500 He's telling the the other leaders of the Kingdom how he 287 00:16:50,500 --> 00:16:53,100 wants them to act once he's gone. 288 00:16:54,200 --> 00:16:57,800 So just as Jesus has washed their feet, he wants him to wash 289 00:16:57,800 --> 00:17:01,700 each other's feet, even though that's not the done thing in 290 00:17:01,700 --> 00:17:04,200 that culture. The disciples would not really 291 00:17:04,200 --> 00:17:06,800 wash each other's feet. That would be considered to be a 292 00:17:06,800 --> 00:17:09,200 debasing thing to do. But Jesus has said, look, I've 293 00:17:09,200 --> 00:17:11,800 just done it for you. And I'm your master. 294 00:17:12,099 --> 00:17:13,900 You need to do this to each other. 295 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:18,599 In fact, in verse 16 verse 16 is not part of our reading today 296 00:17:18,599 --> 00:17:23,300 but it's just after where we get to, Jesus says that if they 297 00:17:23,300 --> 00:17:26,599 actually refused to follow, if they refuse to wash each other's 298 00:17:26,599 --> 00:17:30,000 feet, they're actually refusing to follow his instructions. 299 00:17:30,700 --> 00:17:35,300 Verse 16 says, truly truly, I say unto you a servant is not 300 00:17:35,300 --> 00:17:39,100 greater than his master. So, in other words, Jesus is 301 00:17:39,100 --> 00:17:41,400 saying, if I your master Have done this. 302 00:17:41,500 --> 00:17:44,600 Then you as servants can certainly do it as well. 303 00:17:44,600 --> 00:17:47,600 He knows that this is going to be a hard teaching for them to 304 00:17:47,600 --> 00:17:50,200 accept that they have to wash each other's feet. 305 00:17:50,200 --> 00:17:55,700 That's fairly confronting So Jesus tells them why he has 306 00:17:55,700 --> 00:17:58,800 washed their feet. And the answer is because he 307 00:17:58,800 --> 00:18:01,500 wants to model to them, a behavior that he wants them to 308 00:18:01,500 --> 00:18:02,700 do. He wants him to wash each 309 00:18:02,700 --> 00:18:07,000 other's feet. What he doesn't explain here is 310 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:09,900 why he wants them to wash each other's feet that isn't made 311 00:18:09,900 --> 00:18:13,200 explicit although I think we can work it out because Jesus says 312 00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:17,400 something a few verses after this that helps Why does he want 313 00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:20,200 them to wash each other's feet? It's because he wants them to be 314 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:24,600 each other's servant and that matches nicely with other things 315 00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:27,900 Jesus has said, because remember elsewhere in the gospels, he 316 00:18:27,900 --> 00:18:30,700 says, the greatest in the Kingdom must be the least. 317 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:36,800 Remember that Jesus knows that he's about to leave and he knows 318 00:18:36,800 --> 00:18:39,300 that in his absence. The apostles are going to be in 319 00:18:39,300 --> 00:18:42,300 charge of the kingdom. And he knows also that the 320 00:18:42,300 --> 00:18:45,600 apostles are going to be tempted to Lord it over each other and 321 00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:48,400 to Lord it over other Christians because he's seen them do that. 322 00:18:49,500 --> 00:18:52,700 So here, Jesus shows them how a true Christian leaders should 323 00:18:52,700 --> 00:18:55,800 act, he's showing them what he wants leadership in the Kingdom 324 00:18:55,800 --> 00:18:59,500 to look like and in particular, how the disciple should treat 325 00:18:59,500 --> 00:19:03,000 each other. In fact, the Apostle John, the 326 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:05,600 person who wrote this passage would later. 327 00:19:05,600 --> 00:19:09,700 Say the way we came to know, love was that he lay down his 328 00:19:09,700 --> 00:19:12,700 life for us. So we ought to lay down our 329 00:19:12,700 --> 00:19:18,100 lives for our own brothers. That's in 1, John 3:16 in the 330 00:19:18,100 --> 00:19:20,200 first letter of John later in the Bible. 331 00:19:20,600 --> 00:19:24,000 So John understood what Jesus is saying here. 332 00:19:24,200 --> 00:19:29,400 He wants Christian leaders, To be willing to become servants 333 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:33,200 for each other. Now, a few verses later Jesus 334 00:19:33,200 --> 00:19:36,800 says this this is still in the Last Supper, he says to them a 335 00:19:36,800 --> 00:19:39,300 new commandment. I give unto you, love one. 336 00:19:39,300 --> 00:19:42,600 Another as I have loved you notice, this is essentially the 337 00:19:42,600 --> 00:19:46,400 same teaching, you must wash. Each other's feet is essentially 338 00:19:46,400 --> 00:19:48,900 the same teaching as love one another. 339 00:19:49,200 --> 00:19:52,900 It's the same basic idea. Jesus wants the apostles to 340 00:19:52,900 --> 00:19:56,600 treat each other in such a way that the rest of the world takes 341 00:19:56,600 --> 00:19:59,100 notice. And is drawn to Jesus as a 342 00:19:59,100 --> 00:20:02,000 result. So Jesus wants to make sure that 343 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:05,900 the leaders of his kingdom treat each other in such a humble 344 00:20:06,100 --> 00:20:09,000 servant like way that other people in the world will take 345 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:11,000 notice and want to become part of the Kingdom. 346 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:14,100 That's the whole reason. Why Jesus shows them this 347 00:20:14,300 --> 00:20:17,400 foot-washing. As an example of the kind of 348 00:20:17,400 --> 00:20:21,400 servant leadership, he wants his Apostles to have Hopefully, that 349 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:25,900 makes sense. Now, this passage that's the end 350 00:20:25,900 --> 00:20:28,900 of your exegesis, but it gets quite a bit of air time in the 351 00:20:28,908 --> 00:20:32,400 catechism, particularly the first verse where Jesus, it 352 00:20:32,400 --> 00:20:34,900 says, Jesus loved them until the end. 353 00:20:35,300 --> 00:20:39,300 And there's lots of amazing verses here where the catechism 354 00:20:39,300 --> 00:20:42,700 really makes clear the importance of Jesus death and 355 00:20:42,700 --> 00:20:44,800 this is foundational stuff and theology. 356 00:20:44,800 --> 00:20:46,400 Why does Jesus died on the cross? 357 00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:49,900 So I want to read out a few of these paragraphs from the 358 00:20:49,900 --> 00:20:55,300 catechism Paragraph 609 says, by, embracing in his human 359 00:20:55,300 --> 00:20:59,600 heart, The Father's Love For Men, Jesus loved them to the end 360 00:20:59,900 --> 00:21:03,100 for greater love has no, man than this, that a man lay down 361 00:21:03,100 --> 00:21:06,900 his life, for his friends, in suffering and death. 362 00:21:06,900 --> 00:21:11,000 His Humanity became the free and perfect instrument of his Divine 363 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:16,100 love, which desires the salvation of men, indeed, out of 364 00:21:16,100 --> 00:21:18,400 love for his father. And for men, whom the father 365 00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:22,500 wants to save Jesus freely. Accepted his passion and death. 366 00:21:22,800 --> 00:21:25,900 No one takes my life from me, but I lay it down of my own 367 00:21:25,900 --> 00:21:28,600 accord. Hence, the Sovereign freedom of 368 00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:30,600 God's son as he went out to his death. 369 00:21:32,600 --> 00:21:38,400 Then in paragraph 6 16 again it says it is love to the end, the 370 00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:42,800 confers on, Christ's sacrifice, its value as Redemption and 371 00:21:42,800 --> 00:21:45,200 reparation as atonement and satisfaction. 372 00:21:45,700 --> 00:21:49,000 He knew and loved us all when he offered his life. 373 00:21:50,300 --> 00:21:53,500 Now, the love of Christ controls us because we are convinced that 374 00:21:53,500 --> 00:21:56,200 one has died for all. Therefore, all have died. 375 00:21:56,600 --> 00:21:59,100 No man. Even the holiest was ever able 376 00:21:59,100 --> 00:22:02,500 to take on himself. All the sins of all men and 377 00:22:02,500 --> 00:22:07,000 offered himself as a sacrifice for all the existence in Christ 378 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:10,600 of the Divine person of the son, who, at once, surpasses and 379 00:22:10,600 --> 00:22:14,800 Embraces all human persons, and constitutes himself as the head 380 00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:18,800 of all mankind, makes possible. His Redemptive sacrifice for 381 00:22:18,800 --> 00:22:22,000 all. So quite strong, but quite 382 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:25,800 powerful theological language is used here about. 383 00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:29,400 The reason Jesus died on the cross was because he loved us to 384 00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:36,600 the end paragraph 1380 applies. This to the Eucharist, it says 385 00:22:36,600 --> 00:22:39,300 it is highly fitting. The Christ should have wanted to 386 00:22:39,300 --> 00:22:43,700 remain present to his church in this unique way, since Christ 387 00:22:43,700 --> 00:22:47,100 was about to take his departure, from his own in his visible 388 00:22:47,100 --> 00:22:50,400 form, he wanted to give us his Sacramento Presidents. 389 00:22:50,900 --> 00:22:54,100 Since he was about to offer himself on the cross to save us. 390 00:22:54,300 --> 00:22:57,500 He wanted us to have the memorial of the love with, which 391 00:22:57,500 --> 00:23:02,300 he loved us to the end, even to the giving of his life in his 392 00:23:02,300 --> 00:23:05,800 Eucharistic presence. He remains mysteriously in our 393 00:23:05,800 --> 00:23:10,300 midst as the one who loved us and gave himself up for us, and 394 00:23:10,300 --> 00:23:14,100 he remains under signs that Express and communicate this 395 00:23:14,100 --> 00:23:18,400 love, and then in paragraph, 15 to 4. 396 00:23:18,700 --> 00:23:21,500 This is in the section about Viacom which is the last 397 00:23:21,500 --> 00:23:24,500 Eucharist a person receives as he's about to die. 398 00:23:24,500 --> 00:23:27,400 It says, in addition to the anointing of the sick, the 399 00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:30,700 Church offers those who are about to leave this life. 400 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:34,700 The Eucharist as via tucum communion in the body and blood 401 00:23:34,700 --> 00:23:38,700 of Christ received at this moment of passing over to the 402 00:23:38,700 --> 00:23:41,800 father, has a particular significance and importance. 403 00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:45,500 It is the seed of eternal life and the power of Resurrection. 404 00:23:45,800 --> 00:23:49,300 According to the words of the Lord, he who eats my flesh and 405 00:23:49,300 --> 00:23:52,900 drinks my My blood has eternal life and I will raise him up at 406 00:23:52,900 --> 00:23:57,400 the last day, the sacrament of Christ once dead and now risen, 407 00:23:57,800 --> 00:24:00,800 the Eucharist is here. The sacrament of passing over 408 00:24:01,100 --> 00:24:03,900 from Death to life from this world to the father. 409 00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:07,900 So that particular paragraph uses the language from John 410 00:24:07,900 --> 00:24:12,700 Chapter 13 about passing over to the father as an image of death. 411 00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:18,000 The last couple of paragraphs, talk about how this applies to 412 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:21,000 us today, in terms of our commandment to love each other 413 00:24:21,500 --> 00:24:23,800 and Jesus example, in the washing of the feet. 414 00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:29,300 So paragraph, 1823 says, Jesus makes charity or love the new 415 00:24:29,300 --> 00:24:33,700 commandment by loving his own quote to the end unquote. 416 00:24:33,900 --> 00:24:38,200 He makes manifest The Father's Love which he receives by loving 417 00:24:38,200 --> 00:24:41,800 one another, the disciples imitate the love of Jesus, which 418 00:24:41,800 --> 00:24:46,500 they themselves receive Wentz. Jesus said, Says as the father 419 00:24:46,500 --> 00:24:49,200 has loved me. So I have loved you and abide in 420 00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:52,400 my love. And again this is my commandment 421 00:24:52,500 --> 00:24:55,000 that you love one. Another as I have loved you, 422 00:24:56,600 --> 00:25:00,300 Paragraph 1694 says, incorporated into Christ by 423 00:25:00,300 --> 00:25:04,700 baptism, Christians are dead to sin and alive to God in Christ. 424 00:25:05,200 --> 00:25:08,800 And so participate in the life of the Risen Lord, following 425 00:25:08,800 --> 00:25:12,300 Christ and United with him, Christian's can strive to be 426 00:25:12,300 --> 00:25:17,000 imitators of God as beloved children and walk in Love by 427 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:19,800 conforming. Their thoughts words and actions 428 00:25:20,100 --> 00:25:22,600 to the mind which is yours in Christ Jesus. 429 00:25:22,900 --> 00:25:29,100 And by following his example, So, that is a paragraph about 430 00:25:29,100 --> 00:25:31,900 how we should be copying the example of Christ. 431 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:35,000 For example, his washing of the feet in John Chapter 13 432 00:25:35,500 --> 00:25:38,900 paragraph. 1269 I won't read that one, but that's about how 433 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:43,000 Christians are called to be obedient to the church and to 434 00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:46,100 continue to conform ourselves to the wishes of Christ. 435 00:25:47,300 --> 00:25:50,300 And then in paragraph, five to zero will finish with this one 436 00:25:51,100 --> 00:25:54,400 in all of his life Jesus presents himself as our model, 437 00:25:54,700 --> 00:25:58,500 he is the perfect man who invites us to become his 438 00:25:58,500 --> 00:26:02,300 disciples and follow him in humbling himself. 439 00:26:02,600 --> 00:26:07,200 He has given us an example to imitate through his prayer, he 440 00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:10,900 draws us to pray and by his poverty, he calls us to accept 441 00:26:10,900 --> 00:26:14,800 freely the privation and persecutions that may come our 442 00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:18,900 way. So there's a lot of powerful 443 00:26:18,900 --> 00:26:22,300 things to meditate on there from this passage in John chapter 13. 444 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:26,100 Thanks for listening. If you learn something new and 445 00:26:26,100 --> 00:26:28,700 you think others would appreciate hearing this podcast, 446 00:26:28,700 --> 00:26:31,500 please share it around. Subscribe on YouTube. 447 00:26:31,500 --> 00:26:34,200 Leave a rating on iTunes. I really appreciate it. 448 00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:36,100 Thank you. Hopefully, you'll tune in again 449 00:26:36,100 --> 00:26:36,600 tomorrow.