<p>13:13 <i>You call me teacher and lord, and you say well; for so I am</i>- The Lord reasons that He is no mere teacher of ideas and doctrine, as the Jewish rabbis were. He was their teacher by example, and they therefore ought to fall to their knees in washing each other&rsquo;s feet (:15). He was the word made flesh; His word was not just what He spoke, but His example and very being (see on :10). To call Jesus 'master' and 'Lord' was meaningless unless the pupils <i>did</i> what He said; so closely were His words associated with action, a word made flesh. See on Mt. 7:22.</p>