John 13:1

Before the feast. This incident occurred in connection with the paschal supper on Thursday night of the Passion Week. For a discussion of the chronological aspects of this supper see Additional Notes on Matthew 26, Note 1.

His hour was come. Earlier in His ministry Jesus had declared that His hour had not yet come (see on ch. 2:4). Now the crisis hour had arrived. This same night He would be betrayed into the hands of His enemies, and before the Jewish day, which began at sunset, should pass, Jesus would rest in Joseph’s tomb.

Depart out of this world. Jesus had come from God (see on ch. 1:1, 14), had been sent into the world (see on ch. 3:17), but was not to remain in this world (ch. 16:7). After completing His work upon earth He would return to His Father. These facts John repeatedly emphasizes (see p. 892).

His own. Here the disciples particularly, not the Jewish nation as in ch. 1:11.

In the world. His disciples were “in the world” but not “of” it (ch. 17:11-16).

Unto the end. Gr. eis telos, translated in 1 Thess. 2:16 “to the uttermost.” The same meaning may apply here, although the literal translation “unto the end” is also apposite to the context.