John 13:8

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Λέγει αὐτῷ Πέτρος, Οὐ μὴ νίψῃς τοὺς πόδας μου εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα. Ἀπεκρίθη αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Ἐὰν μὴ νίψω σε, οὐκ ἔχεις μέρος μετʼ ἐμοῦ.

Transliteration

Legei to him Petros, Not not nipsēs the podas of me unto the aiōna. Apekrithē to him the Iēsous, If not nipsō you, not echeis meros with me.

Grammar Details

• *Legei*: present active indicative, 3rd singular - says
• *Petros*: nominative, masculine, singular - Peter
• *nipsēs*: aorist active subjunctive, 2nd singular - you might wash
• *podas*: accusative, masculine, plural - feet
• *aiōna*: accusative, masculine, singular - age/eternity
• *Apekrithē*: aorist passive indicative, 3rd singular - answered/replied
• *Iēsous*: nominative, masculine, singular - Jesus
• *nipsō*: aorist active subjunctive, 1st singular - I might wash
• *echeis*: present active indicative, 2nd singular - you have
• *meros*: accusative, neuter, singular - part/share

Word Meanings

• *Legei*: says/speaks/tells
• *nipsēs*: wash/cleanse
• *podas*: feet
• *aiōna*: age/eternity/forever
• *Apekrithē*: answered/replied/responded
• *nipsō*: wash/cleanse
• *echeis*: have/possess/hold
• *meros*: part/share/portion

Referenced Verses

• 1 Cor 6:11 : 11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
• Titus 3:5 : 5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
• Heb 10:22 : 22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
• Eph 5:26 : 26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
• Col 2:18 : 18 Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
• Ezek 36:25 : 25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
• Matt 16:22 : 22 Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee.
• Acts 22:16 : 16 And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
• Matt 21:29 : 29 He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went.
• Matt 26:33 : 33 Peter answered and said unto him, Though all men shall be offended because of thee, yet will I never be offended.
• Matt 26:35 : 35 Peter said unto him, Though I should die with thee, yet will I not deny thee. Likewise also said all the disciples.
• John 3:5 : 5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
• John 13:6 : 6 Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet?
• Zech 13:1 : 1 In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.
• Gen 42:38 : 38 And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
• Isa 4:4 : 4 When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.
• Ezek 16:4-9 : 4 And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all. 5 None eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, to the lothing of thy person, in the day that thou wast born. 6 And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live. 7 I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou hast increased and waxen great, and thou art come to excellent ornaments: thy breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas thou wast naked and bare. 8 Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine. 9 Then washed I thee with water; yea, I throughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil.
• Col 2:23 : 23 Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.
• Rev 1:5 : 5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
• Rev 7:14 : 14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These a they which came out of gat tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
• Heb 9:22-23 : 22 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission. 23 It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
• Heb 10:4-9 : 4 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins. 5 Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: 6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure. 7 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God. 8 Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law; 9 Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second. 10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.