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John 13:4

NETBible	he got up from the meal, removed¹ his outer clothes,² took a towel and tied it around himself.³
NIV © biblegateway Joh 13:4	so he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel round his waist.
NASB © biblegateway Joh 13:4	got up from supper, and laid aside His garments; and taking a towel, He girded Himself.
NLT © biblegateway Joh 13:4	So he got up from the table, took off his robe, wrapped a towel around his waist,
MSG © biblegateway Joh 13:4	So he got up from the supper table, set aside his robe, and put on an apron.
BBE © SABDAweb Joh 13:4	Got up from table, put off his robe and took a cloth and put it round him.
NRSV © bibleoremus Joh 13:4	got up from the table, took off his outer robe, and tied a towel around himself.
NKJV © biblegateway Joh 13:4	rose from supper and laid aside His garments, took a towel and girded Himself.
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KJV	He riseth <1453> (5743) from <1537> supper <1173>_, and <2532> laid aside <5087> (5719) his garments <2440>_; and <2532> took <2983> (5631) a towel <3012>_, and girded <1241> (5656) himself <1438>_.
NASB © biblegateway Joh 13:4	got <1453> up from supper <1173> , and laid <5087> aside <5087> His garments <2440> ; and taking <2983> a towel <3012> , He girded <1241> Himself <1438> .
NET [draft] ITL	he got up <1453> from <1537> the meal <1173> , removed <5087> his outer clothes <2440> , took <2983> a towel <3012> and <2532> tied <1241> it around <1241> himself <1438> .
GREEK	egeiretai <1453> (5743) V-PPI-3S ek <1537> PREP tou <3588> T-GSN deipnou <1173> N-GSN kai <2532> CONJ tiyhsin <5087> (5719) V-PAI-3S ta <3588> T-APN imatia <2440> N-APN kai <2532> CONJ labwn <2983> (5631) V-2AAP-NSM lention <3012> N-ASN diezwsen <1241> (5656) V-AAI-3S eauton <1438> F-3ASM

NETBible

he got up from the meal, removed¹ his outer clothes,² took a towel and tied it around himself.³

NET Notes

¹tn Grk “and removed”; the conjunction καί (kai, “and”) has been left untranslated here for improved English style.

²tn The plural τὰ ἱμάτια (ta Jimatia) is probably a reference to more than one garment (cf. John 19:23-24). If so, this would indicate that Jesus stripped to a loincloth, like a slave. The translation “outer clothes” is used to indicate that Jesus was not completely naked, since complete nudity would have been extremely offensive to Jewish sensibilities in this historical context.

³tn Grk “taking a towel he girded himself.” Jesus would have wrapped the towel (λέντιον, lention) around his waist (διέζωσεν ἑαυτόν, diezwsen Jeauton) for use in wiping the disciples’ feet. The term λέντιον is a Latin loanword (linteum) which is also found in the rabbinic literature (see BDAG 592 s.v.). It would have been a long piece of linen cloth, long enough for Jesus to have wrapped it about his waist and still used the free end to wipe the disciples’ feet.