Passage
So He came to Simon Peter. He said to Him, “Lord, are You going to wash my feet?”
John 13:6 (LSB)
Nearby Context
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.
John 13:6 So He came to Simon Peter. He said to Him, “Lord, are You going to wash my feet?”
John 13:7 Jesus answered and said to him, “What I am doing you do not realize now, but you will understand afterwards.”
John 13:8 Peter said to Him, “You will never wash my feet—ever!” Jesus answered him, “If I do not wash you, you have no part with Me.”
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "came", "simon", "peter", "said", "lord", "going", "wash", and "feet". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "came" and "simon", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 5's "Then He poured water into the washbasin..." into verse 7's "Jesus answered and said to him What...", so "came" and "simon" 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 "came" and "simon" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.