Section 6
foregoing cases, the Lord has met all our needs. After all this, we still have the need of foot- washing. Therefore, the Lord has to take care of this by showing us His love to the uttermost.
KNOWING ALL HAD BEEN GIVEN TO HIM
Verse 3 indicates the reason why the Lord washed the disciples' feet. It was because He knew "that the Father had given all into His hands, and that He had come forth from God, and was going to God" (v. 3). At that time He realized three things: (1) that the Father had given all into His hands; (2) that He had come forth from God; and (3) that He was going to God. Because of these three things He washed the feet of His disciples. The "all" that the Father had given Him was mainly the disciples. His coming forth from God had brought God into His disciples, and in His going to God He was to leave these disciples. The Father had given the disciples, and the Lord had brought God into them, but now He was going to leave them. By His coming forth from God and His bringing God into them, a relationship between the disciples and God in Him came into existence. Now He was going to leave them. After He had left them, how could this relationship