Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
John 13:24
Peter, knowing the particular affection that Christ had for John, maketh a sign to him, to ask of Christ which of them he meant, when he said, One of you shall betray me.
Peter, knowing the particular affection that Christ had for John, maketh a sign to him, to ask of Christ which of them he meant, when he said, One of you shall betray me.
CHAPTER 13 _ 1. The Washing of the Disciples' Feet. (John 13:1 .)_ 2. Instructions given; to Wash One Another's Feet. (John 13:12 .) 3. The Betrayal Foretold. (John 13:18 .) 4. His Own Departure an...
THE UNMASKING OF THE TRAITOR. The truth must now be told plainly. Jesus is troubled (John 12:27), and makes the solemn declaration, One of you shall betray. With the disciples-' looks of amazement con...
SIMON PETER THEREFORE BECKONED TO HIM. All are eager to know more, for they are filled with anxiety. Peter, always impulsive, as usual is the one who acts. He does not speak but beckons to John who wa...
THE ROYALTY OF SERVICE (John 13:1-17)...
When Jesus had said these things, he was troubled in spirit. Solemnly he declared: "This is the truth I tell you, one of you will betray me." The disciples began to look at each other, because they we...
BECKONED. signed or nodded. Greek _neuo._ Only here and Acts 24:10. that he should ask _who_ it should be.. T Tr.. H. read, "and saith to him,`Say who it is '"....
_that he should ask … spake_ The better reading gives, AND SAITH TO HIM, SAY WHO IT IS OF WHOM HE SPEAKETH. S. Peter thinks that the beloved disciple is sure to know. The received reading, besides bei...
THE SELF-EXCOMMUNICATION OF THE TRAITOR...
ΚΑῚ ΛΈΓΕΙ ΑΥ̓ΤΩ͂Ι, ΕἸΠῈ ΤΊΣ ἘΣΤΙΝ (BCLX) for πυθέσθαι τίς ἂν εἴη (AD). In א we have the two readings combined. 24. ΕἸΠῈ ΤΊΣ ἘΣΤΙΝ. S. Peter thinks that the beloved disciple is sure to know. The readi...
Ver 21. When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say to you, that one of you shall betray me. 22. Then the disciples looked one on another, doubt...
_JESUS PREDICTED HIS BETRAYAL -- JOHN 13:21-30:_ Jesus was deeply troubled in heart as He told the disciples that one of them would betray Him. In fact Judas had already betrayed Jesus and he was look...
ΝΕΎΕΙ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΝΕΎΩ (G3506) кивать, подавать знак, кивая головой, жестикулировать. Hist, _praes._ для придания живости повествованию, ΠΥΘΈΣΘΑΙ _aor. med. (dep.) inf. от_ ΠΥΝΘΆΝΟΜΑΙ (G444...
THE SELFISH SERVANT OF SIN _Text 13:21-30_ 21 When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in the spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me. 22...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 13:21-38 Below is an Analysis of the passage which is to be before us:— We have entitled this chapter Christ’s Warnings: it scarcely covers everything in the pa...
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 (O...
The most menial service the Lord could perform for them was the washing of their feet. No wonder Peter protested! He has not fully learned the lesson that the Lord is abasing Himself even to death, be...
Jesus indicates the Traitor. 18. I do not call you all happy (blessed), for I know that among you is a traitor. But My choice even of the traitor is in accordance with the prophecy of Scripture. THE S...
THE LAST SUPPER 1-17. The Supper and the Feet-washing. This supper is identified by almost all modern authorities with the Last Supper, which took place on Thursday night at Jerusalem (Matthew 26:20;...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 13 JESUS WASHES HIS *DISCIPLES’ FEET 13:1-11 V1 It was the day before the *Passover. Jesus knew that it was time for hi...
SIMON PETER THEREFORE BECKONED TO HIM. — The tense in the original is present. “Simon Peter therefore beckons,” or, _makes a sign._ We have to remember that these Apostles were both members of the fir...
VII. _ JUDAS._ "I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the Scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth My bread lifted up his heel against Me. From henceforth I tell you before it...
_Judas is eliminated from the company_....
KINDNESS TO THE TRAITOR John 13:21-30 In the circle of the Twelve, Judas represented the carnal idea of the Messiah, which was directly opposed to the spirit just manifested in the washing of their...
For a time our Lord now devoted Himself to His own, and in this connection we have the account of His washing the disciples' feet. The whole action was Eastern, and was the action of a slave: By what...
DESIGNATION AND WITHDRAWAL OF JUDAS Matthew 26:21-25; Mark 14:18-21; Luke 22:21-23; John 13:21-35. “Jesus, sayi
II. THE DISMISSAL OF JUDAS: JOHN 13:21-30. Here also is a work of Jesus' love towards His own. As long as Judas was present, His heart was under restraint, and could not give vent to all the feelings...
THIRD PART: THE DEVELOPMENT OF FAITH IN THE DISCIPLES. 13:1- 17:26. THE third part of the Gospel describes the last moments which Jesus passed with His disciples; while making us acquainted with the s...
_Now one of the disciples, he whom Jesus loved, was reclining on his bosom;_ 24 _Simon Peter beckoned to him to ask who this one might be._ ” Among the ancients, persons reclined rather than sat at ta...
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. (19) Now I tell you before it come, that, w...
The point at which we have arrived gives me an opportunity of saying a little on the beginning of this chapter, and the end of the last; for it is well known that many men, and, I am sorry to add, not...
Now, then, the Lord has taken His place as going to the Father. The time was come for it. He takes His place above, according to the counsels of God, and is no longer in connection with a world that h...
SIMON PETER THEREFORE BECKONED TO HIM,.... Peter perhaps lay at a distance from Christ, or in some such position, that he could not whisper to him himself; and besides, knew that John might use more f...
Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, that he should ask who it should be of whom he spake. Ver. 24. _Simon Peter therefore beckoned_] Peter, that heretofore could not think his heart so unsound as...
_There was leaning on Jesus's bosom_ That is, sitting next to him at table. This phrase only expresses the then customary posture at meals, where the guests all leaned sideways on couches, and each wa...
SIMON PETER THEREFORE BECKONED TO HIM THAT HE SHOULD ASK WHO IT SHOULD BE OF WHOM HE SPAKE....
THE TRAITOR AT THE TABLE. v. 21. 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....
WASHING HIS DISCIPLES' FEET (vs.1-17) We are brought now to consider the last hours of the Lord Jesus before the cross. No longer does He minister to the world, but to His own disciples, from chapte...
18-30 Our Lord had often spoken of his own sufferings and death, without such trouble of spirit as he now discovered when he spake of Judas. The sins of Christians are the grief of Christ. We are not...
John 13:24 Simon G4613 Peter G4074 therefore G3767 motioned G3506 (G5719) him G5129 ask G4441 (G5635) who...
‘Simon Peter therefore gestured to him, and said to him, “Tell who it is he is speaking about”. He, leaning back as he was on Jesus' breast, says to him, “Lord, who is it?” Jesus therefore answers, “H...
THERE IS ONE AMONG THEM WHO WILL BETRAY HIM (JOHN 13:18). Jesus now brings out the astonishing fact that one of His own disciples would ‘betray' Him. To us the meaning of this is clear for we know pre...
The leading idea of this section is the expulsion of Judas from the company of the disciples. We have already seen that before the chapter begins the world is shut out, and Jesus is to be alone with ‘...
John 13:24. SIMON PETER THEREFORE BECKONETH TO THIS ONE, AND SAITH UNTO HIM, SAY WHO IT IS OF WHOM HE SPEAKETH. Peter, as usual the first to act, is the spokesman of the rest. Nothing is said to expla...
BECKONETH (νευε). Old verb to nod, in N.T. only here and Acts 24:10. They were all looking in surprise at each other.TELL US WHO IT IS OF WHOM HE SPEAKETH (ειπε τις εστιν περ ου λεγε). Second aori...
CONTENTS: Last Passover. Jesus washes disciples' feet. Betrayal foretold, also Peter's denial. CHARACTERS: Jesus, God, Judas, disciples, Peter, Satan. CONCLUSION: What was consistent with the dignity...
John 13:1. _Before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come._ What now transpired was on the Tuesday, while at supper in the house of Simon. Judas was now rebuked before all p...
HE WAS DEEPLY TROUBLED. Because one of his friends was a traitor. See Psalms 41:9, which is considered a prophecy of this. On this prediction, see notes on Matthew 26:20-25. ONE OF THE DISCIPLES. This...
_I speak not of you all_ A LAST APPEAL I. A SOLEMN ANNOUNCEMENT. 1. The reason of it. (1) To indicate Christ’s knowledge of the human heart, and to show that He had not been mistaken in Judas (Joh...
JOHN 13:1 The Farewell Teaching and the Passion Narrative. The second half of John’s Gospel consists of Jesus’ farewell teaching (chs. John 13:1) and the events surrounding his death and resurrection...
Jesus and the disciples have the Last Supper Matthew 26:20-30; Mark 14:17-26; Luke 22:14-23; John 13:21-30;...
_Simon Peter, therefore, gave him a sign, and said to him, Who is it of whom He speaks_? Hence it is plain that Peter not only gave a sign to John by winking and nodding, as S. Augustine would have it...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 13:18. I SPEAK NOT OF YOU ALL.—Christ knew the heart of Judas; and He still gave him space for repentance (see John 6:71). I KNOW WHOM, ETC.—See John 15:16. But t...
EXPOSITION IV. THE FINAL MANIFESTATIONS IN WORD AND ACTION OF THE LOGOS INCARNATE, EXPRESSING ITSELF ABSOLUTELY AND TO THE UTTERMOST AS
Let's turn to the thirteenth chapter of the gospel according to John. We have come into a new section of the gospel of John, which carries us through chapter 17. And Chapter s 13 through 17 cover a pe...
Acts 12:17; Acts 13:16; Acts 21:40; Luke 1:22; Luke 5:7...
Beckoneth [ν ε υ ε ι]. Literally, noddeth. That he should ask who it should be [π υ θ ε σ θ α ι τ ι ς α ν ε ι η]. The best texts read, kai legei aujtw eijpe tiv ejstin, and saith unto him, Tell us wh...
Simon Peter — Behind Jesus, who lay between them....