John 13:4 (DBY)

Passage

rises from supper and lays aside his garments, and having taken a linen towel he girded himself:

Nearby Context

John 13:2 And during supper, the devil having already put it into the heart of Judas [son] of Simon, Iscariote, that he should deliver him up,

John 13:3 [Jesus,] knowing that the Father had given him all things into his hands, and that he came out from God and was going to God,

John 13:4 rises from supper and lays aside his garments, and having taken a linen towel he girded himself:

John 13:5 then he pours water into the washhand basin, and began to wash the feet of the disciples, and to wipe them with the linen towel with which he was girded.

John 13:6 He comes therefore to Simon Peter; and *he* says to him, Lord, dost thou wash *my* feet?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "rises", "supper", "lays", "aside", "garments", "having", "taken", and "linen". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "rises" and "supper", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 3's "Jesus knowing that the Father had given..." into verse 5's "then he pours water into the washhand...", so "rises" and "supper" belong inside that flow. In John context, the local focus is the identity of Jesus, new birth, eternal life, and belief and unbelief.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "rises" and "supper" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.