After that he put water into a basin and started to wash the feet of the disciples and to dry them off with the towel with which he was girded. ” ​ — John 13: 4, 5.
במזרח התיכון, המתאפיין באקלים חם ובדרכים מאובקות, נהוג היה להתהלך בסנדלים.