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| | |Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. | | |Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. |
| | |You call me Teacher and Lord, and so you should, for I am. | | |You call me Teacher and Lord, and so you should, for I am. |
| − | |διδάσκαλος is a "master" in the Old English sense of a "school master." In modern English it is best translated "teacher, instructor, professor or guide." | + | |διδάσκαλος is a "master" in the Old English sense of a "school master," or possibly in the sense of a person who has mastered his trade (master electrician, master plumber) and is ACTIVELY teaching apprentices the trade (the 'teaching' part is key). In modern English it is best translated "teacher, instructor, professor or guide." |
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| | |If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet. | | |If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet. |
| − | |If I, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet, you should also wash one another's feet. | + | |If I, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, you should also wash one another's feet. |
| − | | | + | |The construction here is not "your Lord and teacher" but rather, THE Lord and THE Teacher, taking those as titles indicating He is the ultimate of both for all people, whether they know it or not. |
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