Maundy Thursday 2024

Mandatum

Footwashing

John 13:1-11

Whose feet were washed?

John 13:1-2

Verse2 _ John makes a point of chronology

Judas has soiled feet, betrayers feet

John 13:3-11

Not all are clean

Jesus connects the illustration of washing the body with cleansing from sin

logosres:tntc64jn2ed;ref=Bible.Jn13.10-11 There are two ways of explaining this: (1) Jesus was drawing out a lesson from the custom of the day. Foot-washing was offered to people who came together for a meal because, although they had bathed before they set out from home, walking to the appointed place along dusty roads meant that their feet were dirty. There was no need for them to bathe again; all they needed was to have their feet washed to refresh them before the meal. (2) The implied prior washing was the ceremonial bathing in Jerusalem required before the celebration of the Passover (cf. 11:55). In this case, Jesus was saying to Peter that there was no need for him to wash his hands and head as well as his feet. Peter had already undergone the ritual bathing, so he needed only to have his feet washed. In both cases, Jesus’ metaphor implied that Peter, having once been cleansed by accepting the word of Jesus (cf. 15:3), and because of what Jesus was to do for him upon the cross, needed no further cleansing.

Kruse, C. G. (2017). John: An Introduction and Commentary (E. J. Schnabel, Ed.; Second edition, Vol. 4, pp. 327–328). Inter-Varsity Press.

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*Are you clean?

*Do you need to be washed (your feet)?

*Are you willing to enter the dirt of others for the possibility they might be cleansed?

Eucharist

Communion

Mark 14:12-21

The Preparation:

*Jesus prepared everything for the meal

*Jesus promises another meal (v25)