John 13:3 (LSB)

Passage

Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come forth from God and was going back to God,

Nearby Context

John 13:1 Now before the Feast of the Passover, Jesus knowing that His hour had come that He would depart out of this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.

John 13:2 And during supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray Him,

John 13:3 Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come forth from God and was going back to God,

John 13:4 got up from supper, and laid aside His garments; and taking a towel, He tied it around Himself.

John 13:5 Then He poured water into the washbasin, and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel which He had tied around Himself.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "all things", "jesus", "knowing", "father", "given", "hands", "come", and "forth". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "all things" and "jesus", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 2's "And during supper the devil having already..." into verse 4's "got up from supper and laid aside...", so "all things" and "jesus" 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 "all things" and "jesus" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.