The tradition in those days was for the lowest person in the room to wash the feet of those who entered a room after a journey because sandals did not afford a complete covering for the feet.
Jesus was demonstrating a form of admonishment to His disciples to show them their arrogance and how they should humble themselves from the high place with the willingness to at times take the low place. [Some of the humility and humbleness that is spoken of in 2Chronicles 7:14]
Jesus was also giving them a visual representation of His love.
He washed their feet to make them remember and realize: We are here to serve God and each other. And that He also was a servant; that He was humble.
He even washed the feet of the man that was about to betray Him. By washing Judas feet, He showed that He had forgiven Judas for what he had done.
Jesus knew that it was God's will for him to die. And he knew that he couldn't be disobedient.
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