• John 13:1
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures

    • 13 Πρὸ Before δὲ but τῆς the ἑορτῆς festival τοῦ of the πάσχα passover εἰδὼς knowing ὁ the Ἰησοῦς Jesus ὅτι that ἦλθεν came αὐτοῦ of him ἡ the ὥρα hour ἵνα in order that μεταβῇ he might transfer ἐκ out of τοῦ the κόσμου world τούτου this πρὸς toward τὸν the πατέρα Father ἀγαπήσας having loved τοὺς the ἰδίους own τοὺς the (ones) ἐν in τῷ the κόσμῳ world εἰς into τέλος end ἠγάπησεν he loved αὐτούς. them.

  • John 13:1
    King James Version

    • 13 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.

  • John 13:1
    American Standard Version

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

  • John 13:1
    The Bible in Living English

    • 13 But before the feast of the passover Jesus, knowing that his moment had come for passing from this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, loved them to the last;

  • John Study Notes—Chapter 13
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)

    • 13:1

      the festival of the Passover: That is, Passover of 33 C.E.​—See study note on Joh 2:13.

      having loved: Love becomes a prominent theme throughout the remaining chapters of John’s Gospel. In the first 12 chapters of John’s account, the Greek verb a·ga·paʹo (to love) and the noun a·gaʹpe (love) are used a combined total of eight times. But in John chapters 13 to 21, these terms appear a total of 36 times. In fact, Jesus’ deep love for his Father and for his disciples is nowhere made more apparent than in the closing chapters of John’s Gospel. For instance, all four Gospel accounts reveal Jesus’ love for Jehovah, but only John records that Jesus explicitly stated: “I love the Father.” (Joh 14:31) And it is during Jesus’ parting counsel to his disciples that he not only states that Jehovah loves him but also explains why.​—Joh 15:9, 10.

      loved them to the end: The Greek phrase used here likely refers to the end of Jesus’ life as a human. However, others understand the Greek expression in this context to mean “loved them completely (fully); loved them continually.”