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but thou shalt know hereafter. <a href="/nkjv/john/13.htm">New King James Version</a> Jesus answered and said to him, “What I am doing you do not understand now, but you will know after this.” <a href="/nasb_/john/13.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Jesus answered and said to him, “What I am doing, you do not realize right now, but you will understand later.” <a href="/nasb/john/13.htm">NASB 1995</a> Jesus answered and said to him, &#8220What I do you do not realize now, but you will understand hereafter.&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/john/13.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Jesus answered and said to him, “What I do you do not realize now, but you shall understand hereafter.” <a href="/lsb/john/13.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Jesus answered and said to him, “What I am doing you do not realize now, but you will understand afterwards.” <a href="/amp/john/13.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Jesus replied to him, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but you will [fully] understand it later.” <a href="/csb/john/13.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Jesus answered him, “What I’m doing you don’t realize now, but afterward you will understand.” <a href="/hcsb/john/13.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Jesus answered him, &#8220What I&#8217m doing you don&#8217t understand now, but afterward you will know."&#8221 <a href="/asv/john/13.htm">American Standard Version</a> Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt understand hereafter. <a href="/cev/john/13.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Jesus answered, "You don't really know what I am doing, but later you will understand." <a href="/erv/john/13.htm">English Revised Version</a> Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt understand hereafter. <a href="/gwt/john/13.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Jesus answered Peter, "You don't know now what I'm doing. You will understand later." <a href="/gnt/john/13.htm">Good News Translation</a> Jesus answered him, "You do not understand now what I am doing, but you will understand later." <a href="/isv/john/13.htm">International Standard Version</a> Jesus answered him, "You don't realize now what I'm doing, but later on you'll understand." <a href="/msb/john/13.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Jesus replied, ?You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.? <a href="/net/john/13.htm">NET Bible</a> Jesus replied, "You do not understand what I am doing now, but you will understand after these things." <a href="/nheb/john/13.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Jesus answered him, "You do not know what I am doing now, but you will understand later." <a href="/wbt/john/13.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Jesus answered and said to him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter. <a href="/wey/john/13.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> "What I am doing," answered Jesus, "for the present you do not know, but afterwards you shall know." <a href="/web/john/13.htm">World English Bible</a> Jesus answered him, “You don’t know what I am doing now, but you will understand later.” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/john/13.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Jesus answered and said to him, “That which I do you have not known now, but you will know after these things”; <a href="/blb/john/13.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Jesus answered and said to him, "What I do, you do not know presently, but you will know after these things." <a href="/ylt/john/13.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Jesus answered and said to him, 'That which I do thou hast not known now, but thou shalt know after these things;' <a href="/slt/john/13.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Jesus answered and said to him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know after these.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/john/13.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Jesus answered, and said to him: What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter. <a href="/cpdv/john/13.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Jesus responded and said to him: “What I am doing, you do not now understand. But you shall understand it afterward.” <a href="/nabre/john/13.htm">New American Bible</a> Jesus answered and said to him, “What I am doing, you do not understand now, but you will understand later.” <a href="/nrsvce/john/13.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Jesus answered, “You do not know now what I am doing, but later you will understand.”<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/john/13.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Jesus answered and said to him, What I am doing, you do not know now, but later you will understand. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/john/13.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> Yeshua answered and said to him, “What I am doing now you do not understand, but after this you will know.”<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/john/13.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> Jesus answered and said to him: What I am doing you know not now, but you will know here after. <a href="/godbey/john/13.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> Jesus responded and said to him, <FR>What I do you know not now; but shall understand hereafter.<Fr> <a href="/haweis/john/13.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> Jesus answered and said to him, What I am doing thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter. <a href="/mace/john/13.htm">Mace New Testament</a> Jesus answered him, you don't at present comprehend what I am about: but hereafter you shall. <a href="/wey/john/13.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> "What I am doing," answered Jesus, "for the present you do not know, but afterwards you shall know." <a href="/worrell/john/13.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> Jesus answered, and said to him, <FR>"What I am doing you know not now; but you shall know hereafter."<Fr> <a href="/worsley/john/13.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> Jesus answered and said unto him, <FR>What I do thou dost not now understand, but thou shalt know hereafter.<Fr> <a href="/parallel/john/13-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ixy2bchmXZ0?start=4834" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/john/13.htm">Jesus Washes His Disciples' Feet</a> …6He came to Simon Peter, who asked Him, “Lord, are You going to wash my feet?” 7<a href="/greek/2424.htm" title="2424: Iēsous (N-NMS) -- Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.">Jesus</a> <a href="/greek/611.htm" title="611: Apekrithē (V-AIP-3S) -- From apo and krino; to conclude for oneself, i.e. to respond; by Hebraism to begin to speak.">replied,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/2036.htm" title="2036: eipen (V-AIA-3S) -- Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say."></a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autō (PPro-DM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons."></a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: sy (PPro-N2S) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">“You</a> <a href="/greek/3756.htm" title="3756: ouk (Adv) -- No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not.">do not</a> <a href="/greek/1492.htm" title="1492: oidas (V-RIA-2S) -- To know, remember, appreciate. ">realize</a> <a href="/greek/737.htm" title="737: arti (Adv) -- Now, just now, at this moment. Adverb from a derivative of airo through the idea of suspension; just now.">now</a> <a href="/greek/3739.htm" title="3739: Ho (RelPro-ANS) -- Who, which, what, that. ">what</a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: egō (PPro-N1S) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">I</a> <a href="/greek/4160.htm" title="4160: poiō (V-PIA-1S) -- (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.">am doing,</a> <a href="/greek/1161.htm" title="1161: de (Conj) -- A primary particle; but, and, etc.">but</a> <a href="/greek/3326.htm" title="3326: meta (Prep) -- (a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives. "></a> <a href="/greek/3778.htm" title="3778: tauta (DPro-ANP) -- This; he, she, it. ">later</a> <a href="/greek/1097.htm" title="1097: gnōsē (V-FIM-2S) -- A prolonged form of a primary verb; to know in a great variety of applications and with many implications.">you will understand.” </a> 8“Never shall You wash my feet!” Peter told Him. Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no part with Me.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/isaiah/55-8.htm">Isaiah 55:8-9</a> “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD. / “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts. <a href="/romans/11-33.htm">Romans 11:33-34</a> O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways! / “Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?” <a href="/1_corinthians/13-12.htm">1 Corinthians 13:12</a> Now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. <a href="/job/11-7.htm">Job 11:7-9</a> Can you fathom the deep things of God or discover the limits of the Almighty? / They are higher than the heavens—what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know? / Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea. <a href="/proverbs/3-5.htm">Proverbs 3:5-6</a> Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; / in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight. <a href="/john/12-16.htm">John 12:16</a> At first His disciples did not understand these things, but after Jesus was glorified they remembered what had been done to Him, and they realized that these very things had also been written about Him. <a href="/john/16-12.htm">John 16:12-13</a> I still have much to tell you, but you cannot yet bear to hear it. / However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come. <a href="/1_john/3-2.htm">1 John 3:2</a> Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is. <a href="/ecclesiastes/11-5.htm">Ecclesiastes 11:5</a> As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the bones are formed in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things. <a href="/psalms/92-5.htm">Psalm 92:5</a> How great are Your works, O LORD, how deep are Your thoughts! <a href="/matthew/11-25.htm">Matthew 11:25</a> At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. <a href="/luke/24-25.htm">Luke 24:25-27</a> Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! / Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and then to enter His glory?” / And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He explained to them what was written in all the Scriptures about Himself. <a href="/1_peter/1-10.htm">1 Peter 1:10-12</a> Concerning this salvation, the prophets who foretold the grace to come to you searched and investigated carefully, / trying to determine the time and setting to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow. / It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you, when they foretold the things now announced by those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things. <a href="/hebrews/11-8.htm">Hebrews 11:8</a> By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going. <a href="/daniel/12-8.htm">Daniel 12:8-9</a> I heard, but I did not understand. So I asked, “My lord, what will be the outcome of these things?” / “Go on your way, Daniel,” he replied, “for the words are closed up and sealed until the time of the end.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Jesus answered and said to him, What I do you know not now; but you shall know hereafter.What.<a href="/john/13-10.htm">John 13:10-12</a> 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… <a href="/john/12-16.htm">John 12:16</a> 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.<a href="/john/14-26.htm">John 14:26</a> 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.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/john/13-5.htm">Afterward</a> <a href="/john/12-4.htm">Afterwards</a> <a href="/john/13-1.htm">Clear</a> <a href="/john/1-51.htm">Hereafter</a> <a href="/john/13-3.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/john/12-4.htm">Later</a> <a href="/john/12-17.htm">Present</a> <a href="/john/12-16.htm">Realize</a> <a href="/john/13-2.htm">Time</a> <a href="/john/12-40.htm">Understand</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/john/13-36.htm">Afterward</a> <a href="/john/13-36.htm">Afterwards</a> <a href="/john/13-17.htm">Clear</a> <a href="/john/14-30.htm">Hereafter</a> <a href="/john/13-8.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/john/13-36.htm">Later</a> <a href="/john/13-33.htm">Present</a> <a href="/john/14-20.htm">Realize</a> <a href="/john/13-19.htm">Time</a> <a href="/john/13-12.htm">Understand</a><div class="vheading2">John 13</div>1. <a href="/john/13-1.htm">Jesus washes the disciples' feet, and exhorts them to humility and charity.</a> 18. <a href="/john/13-18.htm">He foretells and discovers to John by a token, that Judas should betray him;</a> 31. <a href="/john/13-31.htm">commands them to love one another;</a> 36. <a href="/john/13-36.htm">and forewarns Peter of his denials.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/john/13.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/john/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/john/13.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Jesus replied In this passage, Jesus is addressing His disciples during the Last Supper, a significant event in the Christian narrative. This setting is crucial as it marks the beginning of Jesus' final teachings before His crucifixion. The use of "replied" indicates a response to a question or confusion, highlighting the disciples' lack of understanding of Jesus' actions, specifically the washing of their feet, which was a task typically reserved for the lowest servant. This act of humility by Jesus sets the stage for His teaching on servanthood and leadership.You do not realize now The disciples often struggled to comprehend the full scope of Jesus' mission and teachings. This phrase underscores their current lack of understanding, which is a recurring theme throughout the Gospels. The immediate context involves Jesus performing an act that seems contradictory to their expectations of a Messiah. This moment reflects the broader theme of spiritual blindness and the need for divine revelation to truly grasp God's plans.what I am doing Jesus' actions here are symbolic and prophetic. The washing of the feet represents purification and service, foreshadowing His ultimate act of service on the cross. This act also serves as a model for the disciples, teaching them about humility and love. Theologically, it points to the cleansing from sin that Jesus provides, a concept further explored in passages like 1 <a href="/john/1-7.htm">John 1:7</a>, which speaks of the blood of Jesus purifying believers from all sin.but later you will understand This promise of future understanding is fulfilled after Jesus' resurrection and the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. The disciples' enlightenment is a key theme in the New Testament, as seen in passages like <a href="/john/14-26.htm">John 14:26</a>, where Jesus promises that the Holy Spirit will teach them all things and remind them of everything He has said. This future understanding also connects to the broader narrative of God's redemptive plan, which unfolds progressively throughout Scripture.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jesus.htm">Jesus</a> The central figure in this passage, Jesus is the one speaking. He is preparing His disciples for His impending crucifixion and resurrection, demonstrating servanthood by washing their feet. 2. <a href="/topical/d/disciples.htm">Disciples</a> The followers of Jesus who are present during the Last Supper. They are confused by Jesus' actions and words, particularly Peter, who questions Jesus' intention to wash his feet. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_last_supper.htm">The Last Supper</a> This event takes place in the upper room in Jerusalem, where Jesus shares a final meal with His disciples before His arrest. It is a time of intimate teaching and revelation.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/u/understanding_comes_with_time.htm">Understanding Comes with Time</a> Just as the disciples did not immediately understand Jesus' actions, we may not always grasp God's work in our lives. Trust in His timing and revelation. <a href="/topical/t/the_humility_of_christ.htm">The Humility of Christ</a> Jesus' act of washing feet is a profound lesson in humility and servanthood. We are called to serve others selflessly, following His example. <a href="/topical/f/faith_in_the_unseen.htm">Faith in the Unseen</a> Often, we are called to trust in God's plan without full understanding. This requires faith and patience, knowing that clarity will come. <a href="/topical/p/preparation_for_greater_revelation.htm">Preparation for Greater Revelation</a> Jesus was preparing His disciples for the events of His death and resurrection. Similarly, God prepares us for future understanding and growth through current experiences.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_john_13.htm">Top 10 Lessons from John 13</a> <a href="/q/meaning_of_'a_merry_heart_is_medicine'.htm">What did Jesus teach his disciples at the Last Supper?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_self-forgiveness.htm">What does the Bible say about self-forgiveness?</a> <a href="/q/why_did_jesus_wash_the_disciples'_feet.htm">What was Jesus' purpose in washing the disciples' feet?</a> <a href="/q/what_did_jesus_teach_at_the_last_supper.htm">What did Jesus teach his disciples at the Last Supper?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/john/13.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(7) What I do thou knowest not now.--Here both pronouns are emphatic, and convey a rebuke to Peter. His words had almost implied that the Lord's .act was wholly out of place, as of one who knew not what he was doing. The opposite was really the case. "What I do thou knowest not now."But thou shalt know hereafter--i.e., in the teaching which is to follow (<a href="/context/john/13-13.htm" title="You call me Master and Lord: and you say well; for so I am.">John 13:13-17</a>). The word rendered "hereafter" is different from that rendered "afterwards" in <a href="/john/13-36.htm" title="Simon Peter said to him, Lord, where go you? Jesus answered him, Where I go, you can not follow me now; but you shall follow me afterwards.">John 13:36</a>. The precise meaning is "after these things." The sense, then, is "What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt come to know presently." (Comp. <a href="/john/13-17.htm" title="If you know these things, happy are you if you do them.">John 13:17</a>.)<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/john/13.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 7, 8. - Jesus answered and said to him, That which I am doing thou knowest not now - thou hast not absolute knowledge of, thou hast not seen through as yet; but after these things, afterwards when I shall have completed my present undertaking, thou (γνώσῃ) shalt come by clear proof and full discovery and intimate acquaintance to understand. This is sometimes referred to the subsequent illumination of the Holy Spirit, or even to the higher life of the future world (Luthardt), but the above interpretation is more consonant with the context. The μετὰ ταῦτα may (as Westcott suggests) point to the whole manifestation of love as it should complete itself on the cross, and become illumined by the Resurrection and by the gift of the Spirit, when the same mind should be put into Peter that was in Christ Jesus; consequently we may reasonably apply this great word to many of our earthly experiences. God's ways, Christ's government of his Church, and the mystery of our lot, are often so puzzling that we cannot be said to know them objectively or absolutely. We know (γινώσκομεν) but in part, and see (βλέπομεν) by means of a mirror (<a href="/1_corinthians/13-12.htm">1 Corinthians 13:12</a>); but eventually in the fulness of the Divine manifestation we shall know (ἐπιγνωσόμεθα) completely, subjectively, in the depths of our personal consciousness. Peter saith to him, with mere emphasis than before, with an intensity of double negative and εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, Thou shalt not ever wash my feet - "not while eternity lasts." "A praiseworthy modesty," says Calvin, "were it not that with God obedience is better than worship." This vehement, Peter-like burst showed that even yet he had not learned his profound dependence upon his Lord. Exuberant utterance of a love which in its superlative enthusiasm was in danger of severing the relation between his Lord and himself, elicited from Christ a reply which went far Beneath this purely symbolic washing, and gave even to it a moral significance which it had not possessed before. Jesus answered, If I wash thee (not thy feet) not, thou hast no part with me - no μέρος, no portion, no share, no communion, no common inheritance with me in the honors and blessings of the kingdom. This may be understood in two ways: either, "If I do not by my grace cleanse you from your defilement, wash you in a deeper sense, in a more abundant and effectual manner than by giving you this practical lesson, there is utter misunderstanding of my relation to you - you have no part nor share with me." And this ver. 11 seems to favor. Hengstenberg strongly defends this view as a reference by Christ to his power on earth to forgive sins, and confer the pure and new nature (cf. <a href="/psalms/51-4.htm">Psalm 51:4, 9-11</a>); and this doubtless lies in the solemn tone of the Lord. A refusal to accept the Divine cleansing is the only ground of exclusion from the benefits of the bloodshedding. Still another more obvious meaning arises, "If you refuse this manifestation of humble love from me, if you put your own pride between yourself and me, if you disdain this act of self-surrender, claiming to understand me and our mutual relations better than I, you have no part with me. This is a symbol of my love to you, and of what is to be your love to one another (ver. 15); if you refuse to accept it from me, you will then have no part with me in the manifestation of the spirit of self-sacrificing love which I have come to inaugurate." Peter must learn the beauty and glory of service for the sake of others; and if he were unable to understand and accept this act of love, he must separate himself from all share in the Master's work. This truth dawned upon him, but only in part, and it led to the extraordinary revulsion of feeling which followed. <a href="/commentaries/john/13-7.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>Jesus Ἰησοῦς (Iēsous) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2424.htm">Strong's 2424: </a> Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites. replied, Ἀπεκρίθη (Apekrithē) Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_611.htm">Strong's 611: </a> From apo and krino; to conclude for oneself, i.e. to respond; by Hebraism to begin to speak. “You σὺ (sy) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. {do} not οὐκ (ouk) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_3756.htm">Strong's 3756: </a> No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not. realize οἶδας (oidas) Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1492.htm">Strong's 1492: </a> To know, remember, appreciate. now ἄρτι (arti) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_737.htm">Strong's 737: </a> Now, just now, at this moment. Adverb from a derivative of airo through the idea of suspension; just now. what Ὃ (Ho) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3739.htm">Strong's 3739: </a> Who, which, what, that. I ἐγὼ (egō) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. am doing, ποιῶ (poiō) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4160.htm">Strong's 4160: </a> (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do. but δὲ (de) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_1161.htm">Strong's 1161: </a> A primary particle; but, and, etc. later ταῦτα (tauta) Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3778.htm">Strong's 3778: </a> This; he, she, it. you will understand.” γνώσῃ (gnōsē) Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 2nd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1097.htm">Strong's 1097: </a> A prolonged form of a primary verb; to 'know' in a great variety of applications and with many implications. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/john/13-7.htm">John 13:7 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/john/13-7.htm">John 13:7 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/john/13-7.htm">John 13:7 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/john/13-7.htm">John 13:7 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/john/13-7.htm">John 13:7 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/john/13-7.htm">John 13:7 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/john/13-7.htm">John 13:7 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/john/13-7.htm">John 13:7 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/john/13-7.htm">John 13:7 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/john/13-7.htm">John 13:7 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/john/13-7.htm">NT Gospels: John 13:7 Jesus answered him You don't know what (Jhn Jo Jn) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/john/13-6.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="John 13:6"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="John 13:6" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/john/13-8.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="John 13:8"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="John 13:8" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>