John 13:20 (WEB)
Most certainly I tell you, he who receives whomever I send, receives me; and he who receives me, receives him who sent me.”
Catechism · 1
“In them, Christ continues his own mission: "As the Father has sent me, even so I send you."” — Catechism footnote: Jn 20:21; cf. Jn 13:20; Jn 17:18.
Fathers and councils · 28
John Chrysostom
“John xiii. 20 .” — the author cites it
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Jerome
“For he who receives them, receives not them but Him, whose bishops they are.” — editor's note: Cf. Joh. xiii. 20.
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Catena Aurea on John
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
Our Lord, mindful of His promise to Peter that he should know the meaning of His act, Thou shalt know hereafter, now begins to teach him: So after He had washed their feet, and had taken His garments, and was sat…
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Know ye, is either interrogative, to shew the greatness of the act, or imperative, to rouse their minds.
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Mystically, when at our redemption we were changed by the shedding of His blood, He took again His garments, rising from the grave the third day, and clothed in the same body now immortal, ascended into heaven, and…
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He speaks now not to Peter alone, but to all: Ye call Me Master and Lord. He accepts their judgment; and to prevent the words being set down merely to favour on their parts, adds, And ye say well, for so I am.
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It is enjoined in the Proverbs, Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth. (Prov. 27:2.) For it is dangerous for one to praise himself, who has to beware of pride. But He who is above all things, howsoever…
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They do not say well, Lord, to whom it shall be said, Depart from Me, ye that work iniquity. (Matt. 7:23) But the Apostles say well, Master and Lord, for wickedness had not dominion over them, but the Word of God. If…
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He shews us the greater, that we may do the less. For He was the Lord, but we, if we do it, do it to our fellow-servants: For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.
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Our Lord first did a thing, then taught it: as it is said, Jesus began both to do and to teach. (Acts 1:1)
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This is, blessed Peter, what thou wast ignorant of; this thou wert told that thou shouldest know afterwards.
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But it is not necessary for one who wishes to do all the commandments of Jesus, literally to perform the act of washing feet. This is merely a matter of custom; and the custom is now generally dropped.
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This act is done literally by many1, when they receive one another in hospitality. For it is unquestionably better that it should be done with the hands, and that the Christian disdain not to do what Christ did. For…
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Or thus: This spiritual washing of the feet is done primarily by Jesus Himself, secondarily by His disciples, in that He said to them, Ye ought to wash one another’s feet. Jesus washed the feet of His disciples as…
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He continues to urge them to wash one another’s feet; Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord, neither He that is sent greater than He that sent Him; as if to say, If I do it, much…
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This was a necessary admonition to the Apostles, some of whom were about to rise higher, others to lower degrees of eminence. That none might exult over another, He changes the hearts of all.
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To know what is good, and not to do it, tendeth not to happiness, but to condemnation; as James saith, To him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin (James 4:17). Wherefore He adds, If ye know…
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For all know, but all do not do. He then rebukes the traitor, not openly, but covertly: I speak not of you all.
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As if to say, There is one among you who will not be blessed, nor doeth these things. I know whom I have chosen. Whom, but those who shall be happy by doing His commandments? Judas therefore was not chosen. But if…
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Or thus: I speak not of you all, does not refer to, Happy are ye if ye do them. For of Judas, or any other person, it may be said, Happy is he if he do them. The words refer to the sentence above, The servant is not…
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Then, that He might not sadden them all, He adds, But that the Scripture must be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with Me, hath lifted up his heel against Me: shewing that He knew who the traitor was, an intimation…
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Shall lift up his heel against Me, i. e. shall tread upon Me. The traitor Judas is meant.
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He that eateth bread with Me; i. e. who was fed by Me, who partook of My table. So that if injured ever by our servants or inferiors, we need not be offended. Judas had received infinite benefits, and yet thus…
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They then who were chosen ate the Lord; he ate the bread of the Lord, to injure the Lord; they ate life, he damnation; for he that eateth unworthily, eateth damnation to himself. (1 Cor. 11:27) Now I tell you before…
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That ye may believe, is not said, as if the Apostles did not believe already, but is equivalent to saying, Do as ye believe, and persevere in your belief, seeking for no occasion of falling away. For besides the…
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As the disciples were about to go forth and to suffer many things, He consoles them by promising His own assistance and that of others; His own, when He says, Happy are ye if ye do them; that of others, in what…
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For he that receiveth him whom Jesus sends, receiveth Jesus who is represented by him; and he that receiveth Jesus, receiveth the Father. Therefore he that receiveth whom Jesus sends, receiveth the Father that sent.…
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The Arians, when they hear this passage, appeal immediately to the gradations in their system, that as far as the Apostle is from the Lord, so far is the Son from the Father. But our Lord hath left us no room for…
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Cross-references · 13
Cited together with
Cited together in Catechism §858.
Cited together in Catechism §858.
Cited together in Bede on John 13:12–20 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Origen on John 13:12–20 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 13:12–20 (7) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on John 13:12–20 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 13:12–20 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Origen on John 13:12–20 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Catechism §858.
Cited together in Catechism §858.
Cited together in Catechism §858.
Cited together in Catechism §858.
Parallel passages
Matthew 10:40 and John 13:20 share the same wording (12 words).