Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end. The record of our Lord's public ministry has now been concluded-in the First Three Gospel... [ Continue Reading ]
And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him; AND SUPPER BEING ENDED, [ genomenou (G1096)]. In this rendering our translators have followed Luther and Beza, but unfortunately, since from John 13:26 it seems plain that the supper was... [ Continue Reading ]
Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God; JESUS KNOWING THAT THE FATHER HAD GIVEN ALL THINGS INTO HIS HANDS, AND THAT HE WAS COME FROM GOD, AND WENT TO GOD, [ exeelthen (G1831) ... hupagei] - or 'came forth from God, and wa... [ Continue Reading ]
He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself. HE RISETH FROM SUPPER, AND LAID [RATHER, 'LAYETH' titheesin (G5087 )] ASIDE HIS GARMENTS (WHICH WOULD HAVE IMPEDED THE OPERATION OF WASHING), AND TOOK A TOWEL, AND GIRDED HIMSELF - assuming a servant's dres... [ Continue Reading ]
After that he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded. AFTER THAT HE POURETH WATER INTO A ('THE' BASON), AND BEGAN (OR 'PROCEEDED') TO WASH THE DISCIPLES' FEET. Three different words are used in Greek to express... [ Continue Reading ]
Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet? THEN COMETH HE TO SIMON PETER: AND PETER SAITH UNTO HIM, LORD, DOST THOU WASH MY FEET? Our language cannot bring out the intensely vivid contrast between the "Thou" [ su (G4771)] and the "my" [ mou (G3450)], whic... [ Continue Reading ]
Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter. JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO HIM, WHAT I DO THOU KNOWEST NOT NOW: - q.d., 'Such condescension does need explanation; it is fitted to astonish;' BUT THOU SHALT KNOW HEREAFTER, [ meta (G3326) tauta ... [ Continue Reading ]
Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me. PETER SAITH UNTO HIM, THOU SHALT NEVER WASH (MORE EMPHATICALLY, 'NEVER SHALT THOU WASH') MY FEET: - q.d., 'That is an incongruity to which I can never submit. How like the man... [ Continue Reading ]
Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head. SIMON PETER SAITH UNTO HIM, LORD, NOT MY FEET ONLY, BUT ALSO MY HANDS AND MY HEAD: - q.d., 'To be severed from Thee, Lord, is death to me: If that be the meaning of my speech, I tread upon it; and if to be washed... [ Continue Reading ]
Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all. JESUS SAITH TO HIM, HE THAT IS WASHED, [ leloumenos (G3068)] - not in the partial sense denoted by the word used for the washing of the feet, but in the complete sense... [ Continue Reading ]
For he knew who should betray him; therefore said he, Ye are not all clean. FOR ... A very important statement; as showing that Judas-instead of being at first as true-hearted a disciple as the rest, and merely falling away afterward, as many represent it-never experienced that cleansing at all... [ Continue Reading ]
So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you? SO AFTER HE HAD WASHED THEIR FEET, AND HAD TAKEN HIS GARMENTS, AND WAS SET DOWN AGAIN, HE SAID UNTO THEM, KNOW YE WHAT I HAVE DONE TO YOU? - that is, 'Know y... [ Continue Reading ]
Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. YE CALL ME MASTER AND LORD, [ ho (G3588) didaskalos (G1320) kai (G2532) ho (G3588) Kurios (G2962)] - 'Teacher and Lord:' learning of Him in the one capacity, obeying Him in the other. AND YE SAY WELL; FOR SO I AM. The conscious divinity... [ Continue Reading ]
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 (O YE SERVANTS), YE ALSO (WHO ARE BUT FELLOW-SERVANTS), OUGHT TO WASH ONE ANOTHER'S FEET - not in the narrow sense of a literal washing, profan... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR I HAVE GIVEN YOU AN EXAMPLE, THAT YE SHOULD DO AS I HAVE DONE TO YOU._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him. VERILY, VERILY, I SAY UNTO YOU, THE SERVANT IS NOT GREATER THAN HIS LORD; NEITHER HE THAT IS SENT GREATER THAN HE THAT SENT HIM. An oft-repeated saying (see the note a... [ Continue Reading ]
If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them. IF YE KNOW THESE THINGS, HAPPY ARE YE IF YE DO THEM. A hint that even among real Christians the doing of such things would come lamentably short of the knowing.... [ Continue Reading ]
I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me. I SPEAK NOT OF YOU ALL - the "happy are ye," of , being on no supposition applicable to Judas. I KNOW WHOM I HAVE CHOSEN - in the higher... [ Continue Reading ]
Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he. NOW, [ ap' (G575 ) arti (G737 ), RATHER, 'FROM HENCEFORTH'] I TELL YOU BEFORE IT COME - consider yourselves as from this time fore-warned, THAT, WHEN IT IS COME TO PASS - instead of being staggered, YE... [ Continue Reading ]
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me. VERILY, VERILY, I SAY UNTO YOU, HE THAT RECEIVETH WHOMSOEVER I SEND RECEIVETH ME; AND HE THAT RECEIVETH ME RECEIVETH HIM THAT SENT ME. See the note at . The connect... [ Continue Reading ]
When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me. WHEN JESUS HAD THUS SAID, HE WAS TROUBLED IN SPIRIT, AND TESTIFIED, AND SAID, VERILY, VERILY, I SAY UNTO YOU, THAT ONE OF YOU SHALL BETRAY ME. The announ... [ Continue Reading ]
Then the disciples looked one on another, doubting of whom he spake. THEN THE DISCIPLES LOOKED ONE ON ANOTHER, DOUBTING (OR 'BEING IN DOUBT') OF WHOM HE SPAKE. Further intensely interesting particulars are given in the other Gospels. First, "They were exceeding sorrowful" (). Second, "They began... [ Continue Reading ]
Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved. NOW THERE WAS LEANING ON JESUS' BOSOM, [ anakeimenos (G345)] - that is, next Him at the table, and so "on" or 'in His bosom' [ en (G1722) too (G3588) kolpoo (G2859)] ONE OF HIS DISCIPLES, WHOM JESUS LOVED. Since Jesus... [ Continue Reading ]
Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, that he should ask who it should be of whom he spake. SIMON PETER THEREFORE BECKONED [`BECKONETH' neuei (G3506 )] TO HIM, THAT HE SHOULD ASK WHO IT SHOULD (OR 'MIGHT') BE OF WHOM HE SPAKE. Perhaps Peter reclined at the corresponding place on the other side... [ Continue Reading ]
He then lying on Jesus' breast saith unto him, Lord, who is it? HE THEN LYING, [ epipesoon (G1968 ), 'LEANING OVER' OR 'LEANING BACK'] ON JESUS' BREAST, SAITH UNTO HIM (EVIDENTLY IN A WHISPER), LORD, WHO IS IT?... [ Continue Reading ]
Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon. JESUS ANSWERED - `answereth,' clearly also inaudibly; the answer being conveyed probably from behind to Peter by John. HE IT IS TO WHOM, I S... [ Continue Reading ]
And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly. AND AFTER THE SOP SATAN, [ tote (G5119 ), 'THEN' OR 'STRAIGHTWAY SATAN'] ENTERED INTO HIM. Very solemn are these brief hints of the successive steps by which Judas reached the climax of his guilt. "Th... [ Continue Reading ]
_NOW NO MAN AT THE TABLE KNEW FOR WHAT INTENT HE SPAKE THIS UNTO HIM._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
For some of them thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus had said unto him, Buy those things that we have need of against the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor. FOR SOME OF THEM THOUGHT, BECAUSE JUDAS HAD THE BAG, THAT JESUS HAD SAID UNTO HIM, BUY THOSE THINGS THAT WE H... [ Continue Reading ]
He then having received the sop went immediately out: and it was night. HE THEN HAVING RECEIVED THE SOP WENT IMMEDIATELY OUT - thus, by his own act and deed, severing himself forever from that holy society with which he never had any spiritual sympathy. AND IT WAS NIGHT - but far blacker night... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him. THEREFORE, WHEN HE WAS GONE OUT, JESUS SAID [`SAITH' legei (G3004 )], NOW IS THE SON OF MAN GLORIFIED. These remarkable words plainly imply that up to this moment our Lord had spoken under... [ Continue Reading ]
If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in himself, and shall straightway glorify him. IF GOD BE GLORIFIED IN HIM, GOD SHALL ALSO - in return and reward of this highest of all services ever rendered to Him, or capable of being rendered, GLORIFY HIM IN HIMSELF, AND SHALL STRAIGHT... [ Continue Reading ]
Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say to you. LITTLE CHILDREN, [ teknia (G5040)]. From the height of His own glory He now descends, with sweet pity, to His "little children," all now His own. T... [ Continue Reading ]
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. A NEW COMMANDMENT I GIVE UNTO YOU, THAT YE LOVE ONE ANOTHER; AS [`EVEN AS' kathoos (G2531 )] I HAVE LOVED YOU, THAT YE ALSO LOVE ONE ANOTHER. This was the new feature of it. Christ's l... [ Continue Reading ]
By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another. BY THIS SHALL ALL MEN KNOW THAT YE ARE MY DISCIPLES - the disciples of Him who laid down His life for those He loved. IF YE HAVE LOVE ONE TO ANOTHER - for My sake, and as one in Me; for to such love men outsid... [ Continue Reading ]
Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered him, Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards. SIMON PETER SAID [`SAITH' legei (G3004 )] UNTO HIM - seeing plainly, in these directions how to behave themselves, that He was indeed going fr... [ Continue Reading ]
Peter said unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thy sake. PETER SAID ('SAITH') UNTO HIM, WHY CANNOT I FOLLOW THEE NOW? I WILL LAY DOWN MY LIFE FOR THY SAKE, [ huper (G5228) sou (G4675)] - 'for Thee.' He seems now to see that it was death Christ referred to as wh... [ Continue Reading ]
Jesus answered him, Wilt thou lay down thy life for my sake? Verily, verily, I say unto thee, The cock shall not crow, till thou hast denied me thrice. JESUS ANSWERED HIM, WILT THOU LAY DOWN THY LIFE FOR MY SAKE? [ huper (G5228) Emou (G1700)] - 'for Me?' In this repetition of Peter's words there... [ Continue Reading ]