…so he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist. After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him.
A video or movie is nothing more than a series of still images strung together and shown in sequence. The pictures are shown one at a time. When this happens fast enough the pictures seem to blur together into one moving picture.
John’s gospel is a bit like a movie. Still pictures strung together into a moving narrative about Christ. Yet each picture is worth looking at. Today’s pictures come just after John tells us that Jesus has “all things” under his power. “All things,” in this context, means all things. All things on earth and in heaven. Imagine all the superheroes that have ever appeared in a comic or a movie combined into one. Their combined power would not even register on a power gauge calibrated for the power needed to control “all things.”
In today’s verse, this person with power over the entire universe steps into the role of the lowliest servant on earth. In terms of personal service to another human being, there was nothing more humble than to wash feet. This is what Jesus did.
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