John 13:7
Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter.
John 13:7 in other translations
| BSB | Jesus replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.” |
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| WEB | Jesus answered him, “You don’t know what I am doing now, but you will understand later.” |
| ASV | Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt understand hereafter. |
| YLT | Jesus answered and said to him, ‘That which I do thou hast not known now, but thou shalt know after these things;' |
| DARBY | Jesus answered and said to him, What I do thou dost not know now, but thou shalt know hereafter. |
| BBE | And Jesus, answering, said to him, What I do is not clear to you now, but it will be clear to you in time to come. |
| Webster | Jesus answered and said to him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter. |
What does John 13:7 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 13:6-11
6-11. Peter saith ... Lord, dost thou wash my feet?--Our language cannot bring out the intensely vivid contrast between the "Thou" and the "my," which, by bringing them together, the original expresses, for it is not good English to say, "Lord, Thou my feet dost wash?" But every word of this question is emphatic. Thus far, and in the question itself, there was nothing but the most profound and beautiful astonishment…
Barnes' Notes
Shalt know hereafter. Jesus at that time partially explained it (Jn 13:14,15); but he was teaching them by this expressive act a lesson which they would continue to learn all their lives. Every day they would see more and more the necessity of humility and of kindness to each other, and would see that they were the servants of Christ and of the church, and ought not to aspire to honours and offices, but to be willing to perform the humblest service to benefit the world. And we may remark here that God often does things which we do not fully understand now, but which we may hereafter. He often afflicts us; he disappoints us; he frustrates our plans. Why it is we do not know now, but we yet shall learn that it was for our good, and designed to teach us some important lesson of humility and piety. So he will, in heaven, scatter all doubts, remove all difficulties, and show us the reason of the whole of his mysterious dealings in his leading us in the way to our future rest. We ought also, in view of this, to submit ourselves to him; to hush every murmur, and to believe that he does all things well. It is one evidence of piety when we are willing to receive affliction at the hand of God, the reason of which we cannot see, content with the belief that we may see it hereafter; or, even if we never do, still having so much confidence in God as to believe that WHAT HE DOES IS RIGHT.
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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on John 13:1-17
Our Lord Jesus has a people in the world that are his own; he has purchased them, and paid dear for them, and he has set them apart for himself; they devote themselves to him as a peculiar people. Those whom Christ loves, he loves to the end. Nothing can separate a true believer from the love of Christ. We know not when our hour will come, therefore what we have to do in constant preparation for it, ought never to…
John 13:7 in the original Greek
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Cross references for John 13:7
- Daniel 12:8
And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things?
- John 12:16
These things understood not his disciples at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things unto him.
- John 14:26
But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
- James 5:7-11
Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh. Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door. Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience. …
- John 13:10-12
Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all. For he knew who should betray him; therefore said he, Ye are not all clean. So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you?
- John 13:36
Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered him, Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards.
- Habakkuk 2:1-3
I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
- Daniel 12:12
Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.
- Jeremiah 32:24-25
Behold the mounts, they are come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence: and what thou hast spoken is come to pass; and, behold, thou seest it. And thou hast said unto me, O Lord God, Buy thee the field for money, and take witnesses; for the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.
- Jeremiah 32:43
And fields shall be bought in this land, whereof ye say, It is desolate without man or beast; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.
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Context
- John 13:6
Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet?
- John 13:7
Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter.
- John 13:8
Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me.
John 13:7 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Respondió Jesús, y díjole: Lo que yo hago, tú no entiendes ahora; mas lo entenderás después. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Jésus répondit et lui dit: Ce que je fais, tu ne le sais pas maintenant, mais tu le sauras dans la suite. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Jesus antwortete und sprach zu ihm: Was ich tue, weißt du jetzt nicht, du wirst es aber hernach verstehen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Respondit Jesus, et dixit ei: Quod ego facio, tu nescis modo: scies autem postea. |