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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of the Bible (e.g. Genesis 18:4 ; 19:2 ; 24:32 ; 43:24 ; 1 Samuel 25:41 ; et al.), as well as other religious and historical documents.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 ...
Tintoretto depicts the moment when Simon Peter tries to refuse, but after being persuaded he agrees to wash his feet and even his head and hands. A miracle of Saint Mark is also depicted in one corner, recounted by Jacopo da Varazze in his book Golden Legend. Most of the painting depicts the scene of the Last Supper.
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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 ...
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