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Origen — as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on John 13:6-11

Patristic A.D. 253
Origen · c. A.D. 184–253
“(t. xxxii.) As a physician, who has many sick under his care, begins with those who want his attention most; so Christ, in washing His disciples’ feet, begins with the most unclean, and so comes at last to Peter, who needed the washing less than any: Then cometh He to Simon Peter. Peter resisted being washed, perhaps because his feet were nearly clean: And Peter said unto Him, Lord, dost Thou wash my feel?”
Catena Aurea: Gospel of John, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on John 13:6-11 PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1845) ↗

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