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Joh 13:9. Μή, not) Since washing keeps me as one having part with Thee, I give myself up to be washed all over by Thee.-χεῖρας, κεφαλήν, hands, head) A gradation is here presented. A sense of his own uncleanness overwhelming Peter, by reason of the majesty of the Lord, which stooped so low in condescension, dictated these words. Comp. Luk 5:8, [Peter at the draught of fishes] “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord.”