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he rose from supper and took off his outer garments. He took a towel and tied it around his waist. [a]Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet(A) and dry them with the towel around his waist.

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  1. 13:5 The act of washing another’s feet was one that could not be required of the lowliest Jewish slave. It is an allusion to the humiliating death of the crucifixion.

so he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist.(A) After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet,(B) drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him.

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