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Joh 13:18. Λέγω, I speak of) when I speak of you as happy [Joh 13:17].-ἐγώ) I the Lord; although ye know not, especially each of you [cannot know] concerning the rest.-ἐπʼ ἐμέ, above [Engl. Vers. ‘against’] Me) So far is he from washing the feet of his brethren.-τὴν πτέρναν, the heel) This word is in happy consonance with the washing of the feet; and with the ancient custom of reclining [when of course the foot and heel would be lifted up] for the act of eating bread. Comp. עקב, Gen 3:15, “It shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.”