John 13

4 he got up from the dinner and took off his**Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun outer clothing, and taking a towel, tied it**Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation around himself. 5 Then he poured water into the washbasin and began to wash the feet of the disciples, and to wipe them**Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation dry with the towel which he had tied around himself.*Literally "with which he was girded"