[B-Greek] Jo 13:10 LOUW

Wieland Willker willker at chemie.uni-bremen.de
Thu Apr 7 06:40:27 EDT 2005


Regarding the notorious problems of Jo 13:10 (omission of EI MH TOUS PODAS etc.) I am wondering if LELOUMENOS here must mean "the one who has bathed/purified the whole body" or if it can also mean "the one who has been bathed/purified his feet"?
Giving the meaning: 
"The one who has been purified (by footwashing), does not need it (washing hands and head), but is totally clean."
Can LELOUMENOS refer to footwashing? Robertson (Wordpictures) seems to imply that it can only mean "bathe the whole body". 

Interestingly LOUW appears only here in John (and the Gospels). 


Best wishes
    Wieland
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