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John 13:1
It was now just before the Passover Feast, and Jesus knew that His hour had come to leave this world and return to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the very end.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jesus acts toward His disciples just before the Passover Feast, during the evening meal that is already underway. The narrative establishes the temporal and relational context for His impending departure.
The words — The Greek εἰδὼς (eidōs) translates to "knowing," indicating Jesus’s conscious awareness of His impending departure. The phrase τῆς ἑορτῆς τοῦ πάσχα (tēs heortēs tou pascha) literally names the "feast of the Passover," anchoring the event in the Jewish liturgical calendar.
The thread — The arrival of Jesus’s "hour" appears in John 12:23 as the moment for the Son of Man to be glorified. His definitive love for His own extends into the command in John 13:34 to love one another, while 1 John 4:19 grounds human love in His prior action.
Why it lands — The text requires readers to recognize that Jesus’s love is a deliberate, completed action rather than a fluctuating emotion. It demands that believers anchor their conduct in the reality of His finished work and His explicit command to love others.
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The Greek words
King James Version
Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.
Cross-references
- John 12:23 But Jesus replied, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.
- 1 John 4:19 We love because He first loved us.
- John 13:34 A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.
- John 13:3 Jesus knew that the Father had delivered all things into His hands, and that He had come from God and was returning to God.
- John 16:28 I came from the Father and entered the world. In turn, I will leave the world and go to the Father.”
- John 18:4 Jesus, knowing all that was coming upon Him, stepped forward and asked them, “Whom are you seeking?”
- Revelation 1:5 and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood,
- John 15:9 As the Father has loved Me, so have I loved you. Remain in My love.
- John 17:1 When Jesus had spoken these things, He lifted up His eyes to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son may glorify You.
- John 17:16 They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.