John 13:8

“No,” said Peter, “you shall never wash my feet.”
Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no part with me.”

From Background Notes [BN] for August 3^rd & 4^th written by Pastor Bob Brown:

To have a "part," a meros with Jesus, means being in the place provided by Jesus, namely, with him in his glory, the place God the Father gave him. For the average Jew in Jesus' day, such a place meant either a richer stake in the holy land or future life in the kingdom of God (see Old Testament texts: Numbers 18:20; Deteronomy 12:12; 14:27).

Not to be outdone, Peter figures if washing his feet will garner him a place in the coming kingdom alongside Jesus, then washing his hands and head would have to count for even more. Still oblivious to the point Jesus wants to make, Peter looks for ways to reduce the humiliation of the "washing." He wants to include "head" and "hands," certainly more "honorable" parts of the human anatomy than the "feet." Was Peter attempting to elevate the form of cleansing so as to minimize the humiliation involved? [BN,6]

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