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A host would provide water for guests to wash their feet, provide a servant to wash the feet of the guests or even serve the guests by washing their feet. This is mentioned in several places in the Old Testament of the Bible (e.g. Genesis 18:4 ; 19:2 ; 24:32 ; 43:24 ; 1 Samuel 25:41 ; et al.), as well as other religious and historical documents.
The formal introduction of the Beloved Disciple is a “stunningly apparent” stroke of "narrative genius", [30] for he is introduced immediately after Jesus demonstrates his love for the disciples in the act of washing the disciples' feet (John 13:1–20) and immediately before the commandment to “love one another just as I have loved you” .
By this statement in chapter 13 of the Gospel of John, Jesus explained to the Apostles the significance of his action of washing their feet. The phrase is used as the antiphon sung in the Roman Rite during the Maundy (Ecclesiastical Latin: "Mandatum") ceremony of the washing of the feet, which may be held during Mass or as a separate event. A ...
Christ Washing the Disciples' Feet was a favourite theme of Tintoretto, and there are at least six known works by him on the subject. The scene comes from a passage in John 13 where before the Last Supper Christ washes the feet of his disciples. This passage called for a complex image with many characters in a variety of poses and motions, and ...
The Washing of the Feet or El Lavatorio is a work by the Venetian artist Tintoretto which he produced between 1548 and 1549. It is considered one of his finest works. It is considered one of his finest works.
The event (or events – see discussion below) is reported in Matthew 26, Mark 14, Luke 7, and John 12. [2] Matthew and Mark are very similar: Matthew 26:6–13. While Jesus was in Bethany in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, which she poured on his head as he was reclining at the table.
The later narrative in the Gospel of John about Jesus washing Simon Peter's feet at the Last Supper, [6] similarly uses the Greek term λούειν, louein, [7] which is the word typically used of washing in an Asclepeion, [4] rather than the more ordinary Greek word νίπτειν, niptein, used elsewhere in the Johannine text to describe ...
In the New Testament, washing also occurs in reference to rites of Judaism [5] part of the action of a healing by Jesus, [6] the preparation of a body for burial, [7] the washing of nets by fishermen, [8] a person's personal washing of the face to appear in public, [9] the cleansing of an injured person's wounds, [10] Pontius Pilate's washing ...