Joh 13:1 | HCSB | STEP | Before the Passover Festival , Jesus knew that His hour had come to depart from this world to the Father . Having loved His own who were in the world , He loved them to the end .

John 13:1

1 Before the ^{▼▼Passover: The Israelite festival celebrated on the fourteenth day of the first month in the early spring. It was a celebration of the deliverance of the Israelites from Egypt, commemorating the final plague on Egypt when the firstborn were killed.}Passover Festival, Jesus knew that His hour had come to depart from this world to the Father. ^b Having loved His own who were in the world, ^c He loved them to the end. ^{▼▼= completely or always}