Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 13:1

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1. when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father —On these beautiful euphemisms, see on :- ; :- . having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end —The meaning is, that on the very edge of His last sufferings, when it might have been supposed that He would be absorbed in His own awful prospects, He was so far from forgetting "His own," who were to be left struggling "in the world" after He had "departed out of it to the Father" ( :- ), that in His care for them He seemed scarce to think of Himself save in connection with them: "Herein is love," not only "enduring to the end," but most affectingly manifested when, judging by a human standard, least to be expected. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-2" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-jhn-13-001

절 (explains)

bible-text/jhn-13-1

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
• evidence_grade: T_theological