Verse Lens · Context pointer
John 13:19 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 19. 19Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he.
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Role in This Section
This verse serves as the eighth turn in The Lord Gives an Example and Names Accountable Sending, where it sets the next condition for the scene's response: “Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he”.
Read It With
- John 13:12-20
Read John 13:19 with 13:12-20. This verse serves as the eighth turn in The Lord Gives an Example and Names Accountable Sending, where it sets the next condition for the scene's response: “Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he”. The controlling movement is: After washing their feet Jesus interprets the act: teacher and Lord has served, disciples should do likewise, servants are not greater than masters, the betrayer fulfills Scripture, and receiving sent witnesses reaches Jesus and the sender.
Why It Needs Context
This verse serves as the eighth turn in The Lord Gives an Example and Names Accountable Sending, where it sets the next condition for the scene's response: “Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he”. Read as the eighth turn in The Lord Gives an Example and Names Accountable Sending, its subject, reply, connective, or narrated force depends on John 13:12-20: After washing their feet Jesus interprets the act: teacher and Lord has served, disciples should do likewise, servants are not greater than masters, the betrayer fulfills Scripture, and receiving sent witnesses reaches Jesus and the sender.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read John 13:12-20 — The Lord Gives an Example and Names Accountable SendingSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact KJV wording, paragraph flags, supplied-word markup, and coverage.
Exact location: John 13:12-20, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: Greek wording, sentence relations, and critical-text reading checked independently of the KJV.
Exact location: Faithlife SBLGNT official repository, data/sblgnt/text/John.txt, 13:12-20
Open the John Greek text file ↗Translation and textual notes
NET Bible — John with translators' and textual notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2005–2026 online edition
Supports: Verse-level syntax, older-English clarification, material variants, background, and alternatives.
Exact location: NET Bible John PDF, John 13:12-20 and attached translator, study, and textual notes
Open the official NET John PDF ↗