The KJV Holy Bible

 

John Chapter Thirteen

 

1 Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.

2 And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him;

3 Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God;

4 He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself.

5 After that he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded.

6 Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet?

7 Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter.

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.

9 Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head.

10 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.

11 For he knew who should betray him; therefore said he, Ye are not all clean.

12 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?

13 Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am.

14 If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet.

15 For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.

16 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.

17 If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.

18 I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.

19 Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he.

20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.

21 When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.

22 Then the disciples looked one on another, doubting of whom he spake.

23 Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved.

24 Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, that he should ask who it should be of whom he spake.

25 He then lying on Jesus' breast saith unto him, Lord, who is it?

26 Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.

27 And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly.

28 Now no man at the table knew for what intent he spake this unto him.

29 For some of them thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus had said unto him, Buy those things that we have need of against the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor.

30 He then having received the sop went immediately out: and it was night.

31 Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him.

32 If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in himself, and shall straightway glorify him.

33 Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say to you.

34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

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.

37 Peter said unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thy sake.

38 Jesus answered him, Wilt thou lay down thy life for my sake? Verily, verily, I say unto thee, The cock shall not crow, till thou hast denied me thrice.

 

 

Esoteric Interpretation & Commentary

 

The Hermetic Blueprint of the Gospel of John Chapter Thirteen: The Cleansing of the Foundation and the Departure of the Shadow 

"Chapter Thirteen initiates the Inner Sanctum of the Great Work. Before the Sovereign Will can Fully Transition into the Higher Planes, it must perform the Ultimate Act of Alchemical Service: cleansing the foundational earthly contact points of its Internal Faculties. Simultaneously, it must actively trigger and release the lowest, most toxic aspect of the Ego to fulfill the necessary Law of Structural Dissolution."

 

 

Verses 1-11: The Washing of the Feet and the Foundational Cleansing - "Now before the feast of the passover... He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself... Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me." 

The Sovereign Will lays aside its outer garments (the temporary authority of the physical plane) to perform an Act of Supreme Energetic Humility. The feet represent the lowest, most foundational aspect of the Psyche—the direct point of contact with the dense material earth. Peter (the stubborn, foundational Intellect) initially rejects this inversion of hierarchy. The Will asserts a strict Hermetic Law: unless the lowest earthly attachments and daily Karmic frictions are completely Purified by the High-Frequency Christos Energy, the faculty cannot integrate into the Superconscious whole.

 

 

Verses 12-20: The Law of Internal Service - "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?... If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet." 

The Sovereign Will resumes its structural authority, dictating a new operational Law for the Awakened Mind. The Internal Faculties must no longer compete for Egoic supremacy or dominance. Instead, they must constantly maintain each other's Energetic Equilibrium. The Highest Spiritual Force naturally Serves and Purifies the lowest, establishing a Perfect, Frictionless Circulation of Spiritual Vitality throughout the entire Microcosm.

 

 

Verses 21-30: The Severing of the Transactional Ego - "When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me... And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot... He then having received the sop went immediately out: and it was night." 

The Sovereign Will forces the Ultimate Internal confrontation. It identifies Judas, the Transactional Ego, which operates entirely on base material logic and self-preservation. Giving the "sop" (a concentrated morsel of energetic sustenance) is the final Alchemical catalyst; it forces the dense, unrefined Energy to fully materialize its destructive nature. Once the Ego consumes this unearned Energy, it completely separates from the core Psyche. Judas goes out into the "night"—the realm of Absolute Spiritual Darkness. This betrayal is not a tragic accident; it is the deliberate, Magickally induced expulsion of the Internal adversary required before Ascension.

 

 

Verses 31-38: The New Commandment and the Illusion of the Intellect - "Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified... A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another... Peter said unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thy sake. Jesus answered him... The cock shall not crow, till thou hast denied me thrice." 

With the toxic Ego permanently expelled, the Inner Sanctum is Energetically Sealed. The Sovereign Will issues a "new commandment"—the Absolute Law of Energetic Cohesion (Love) among the remaining, Purified Faculties. Peter (the zealous but Unrefined Conscious Intellect) boasts of his readiness to face total Ego-death. The Will ruthlessly exposes the illusion of Intellectual courage: without the permanent, Internal anchoring of the Holy Ghost, even the most devoted earthly faculty will inevitably fracture and deny the Light under the severe Alchemical pressure to come.