(Lesson 3566)(10-08-21) John 13:12-17
“So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you? Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you. Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him. If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.”
In today’s lesson, Jesus made the point that no one of His followers holds authority over another. And seeing that, if He, being sent from God the Father, could stoop to wash the feet of His followers, His followers should most certainly stoop to wash each others feet.
Foot washing in the time of Jesus, was the ultimate form of hospitality and respect. It was done by the host, or his/her servants, when visitors came.
Today, since no one is required to walk where they travel, the custom has long since died away.~
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