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Jesus took off his outer garments and tied a towel around his waist

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During the last supper, J 13:

4 [Jesus] rose from supper. He laid aside his outer garments, and taking a towel, tied it around his waist.
This act was significant. Culturally, his outer apparel represented his dignity as a teacher and leader. By wrapping a towel around his waist, he put on the attire of a servant. Jesus visually demonstrated his willingness to take on the role of a servant, a radical reversal of social expectations.

5 Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel that was wrapped around him.
He acted as a servant. In the ancient Near Eastern culture, washing feet was a task reserved for the lowest servants in a household. It was considered demeaning work because feet were dirty and associated with the ground, which was seen as unclean.

12 When he had washed their feet and put on his outer garments and resumed his place, he said to them, “Do you understand what I have done to you? 13 You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right, for so I am.
After the demonstration, Jesus resumed his role as a teacher.

This act of putting off and putting on his outer robe demonstrated servant leadership, deliberately inverting the normal social hierarchy in a way that was deeply memorable to the disciples.
 
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