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Joh 13:5. Εἶτα, [after that] next) There is no doubt but that the disciples must have been in a great state of expectancy as to what He was preparing to do.-τόν) [the basin, not a]. There was generally within reach, in the room where the supper was, a foot-basin, of metal or of wood, as our wash-hand basin in the present day. This is the force of the article.-ἤρξατο, He began) A new and marvellous “beginning.” The word is rare in John.-νίπτειν, to wash) Great condescension, and yet becoming. The angel did not do so to Peter, Act 12:8.