Video Bible Study 13 | Why Did Jesus Wash Peter’s Feet?
- The NLM
- Oct 18
- 2 min read
Why did Jesus wash the feet of Peter and His disciples on the day before Passover, before going to the Cross?
Because He knew His disciples’ weaknesses, and He washed their feet to teach them that all their sins, past, present, and future, had already been washed away, so that sin could not come between Jesus and His disciples after He ascended to heaven.
Jesus knew well that after He was crucified, was resurrected, and went up to heaven, the devil and the purveyors of the untrue faith would come and try to deceive the disciples.
We can see by the testimony of Peter, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God”, that he believed in Jesus. But still, Jesus wanted to remind Peter once more to keep the gospel of the remission of sins in mind. That gospel was the Baptism of Jesus, through which He took away all the sins of the world. He wanted to teach it once more to Peter and the disciples and to us, those who would come later. “What I am doing you do not understand now, but you will know after this.”
Whenever the disciples of Jesus sinned, the devil would tempt and condemn them, saying, “Look! If you still commit sins, how can you say that you are without sin? You have not been saved. You are merely a sinner.” To prevent that, Jesus told them that their faith in the Baptism of Jesus had already washed away all their lifelong sins ― past, present, and future.
“You all know that I was baptized! The reason I was baptized at the Jordan was to wash away all your lifelong sins, as well as the original sin of humankind. Are you able to understand now why I was baptized, why I have to be crucified and die at the Cross?”
Jesus washed His disciples’ feet to show them that He had taken away all their daily sins through His baptism and that He would take the judgment for them on the Cross.
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