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Riseth from supper (egeiretai ek tou deipnou). Vivid dramatic present middle indicative of egeirō. From the couch on which he was reclining.
Layeth aside (tithēsin). Same dramatic present active of tithēmi.
His garments (ta himatia). The outer robe tallith (himation) and with only the tunic (chitōn) on “as one that serveth” (Luk 22:27). Jesus had already rebuked the apostles for their strife for precedence at the beginning of the meal (Luk 22:24-30).
A towel (lention). Latin word linteum, linen cloth, only in this passage in the N.T.
Girded himself (diezōsen heauton). First aorist active indicative of diazōnnuō (-umi), old and rare compound (in Plutarch, lxx, inscriptions, and papyri), to gird all around. In N.T. only in John (Joh 13:4, Joh 13:5; Joh 21:7). Did Peter not recall this incident when in 1Pe 5:5 he exhorts all to “gird yourselves with humility” (tēn tapeinophrosunēn egkombōsasthe)?