He then lying on Jesus’ breast - This is a different word from the one rendered John 13:23 leaning. It means falling back or reclining on the bosom of Jesus. When Peter spake, John laid his head back on the bosom of Jesus, so that he could speak to him privately without being heard by others.
Verse 25. _HE THEN LYING ON JESUS' BREAST_] επιπεσων, laying his head against the breast of Christ, in a loving, respectful manner. As the expressions in the text are different here from those in the...
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...
HE THEN, LYING ON JESUS' BREAST, SAITH... LORD, WHO IS IT? The Revision says, "leaning back." The reader must not forget their positions. As Lucke says: "Since the captivity, the Jews lay at table in...
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...
LYING. lying back. Not the same word as "leaning" in John 13:23. Peter was beyond Judas, and leaning back signed to John behind the Lord. ON. Greek. _epi._ App-104. BREAST. Greek. _stethos._ Not the...
_lying on Jesus" breast_ Our version does well in using different words from those used in John 13:23, but the distinction used is inadequate. Moreover the same preposition, -on," is used in both case...
ἈΝΑΠΕΣΏΝ for ἐπιπεσών (from Luke 15:20?). 25. ἈΝΑΠΕΣῺΝ … ἘΠῚ ΤῸ ΣΤΗ͂ΘΟΣ. In John 13:23 we have the permanent posture, here a change, as in John 13:12 : HE LEANING BACK ON TO JESUS’ BREAST. For ἘΚΕΙ͂ΝΟ...
THE SELF-EXCOMMUNICATION OF THE TRAITOR...
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...
ΆΝΑΠΕΣΏΝ _aor. act. part. от_ ΆΝΑΠΊΠΤΩ (G377) откидываться назад, ложиться, возлегать (BAGD). ΣΤΉΘΟΣ (G4738) грудь. О расположении мест и прочих обычаях, связанных с едой, _см._ SB, 4:611-39; LT, 2:4...
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...
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), LO...
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...
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;...
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...
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...
HE THEN LYING ON JESUS’ BREAST. — Several good authorities, including the Vatican and the Cambridge MSS., insert the word “thus.” “He then leaning thus...,” describes the action just as it took place...
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_....
That disciple, ἐκεῖνος, when thus appealed to, ἀναπεσὼν ἐπὶ τὸ στῆθος τοῦ Ἰησοῦ, “having leant back towards the breast of Jesus” so as to speak more directly to Him and to be heard only by Him. On the...
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...
When Christ had said, one of you is to betray me, St. Peter whispered with St. John, by turning to him behind Jesus's back, and desired him to ask, who this was: now when John had leaned down upon the...
DESIGNATION AND WITHDRAWAL OF JUDAS Matthew 26:21-25; Mark 14:18-21; Luke 22:21-23; John 13:21-35. “Jesus, sayi
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...
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...
VV. 25-27A. “ _He therefore leaning back on Jesus' breast, says to him, Lord, who is it?_ 26. _Jesus answers him: He it is to whom I shall give a piece of bread when it is dipped.And having dipped the...
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...
_A PATTERN OF INTERCESSION_ ‘He then lying on Jesus’ breast saith unto Him, Lord, who is it? John 13:25 I. WE ARE BROUGHT NEAR TO OUR LORD NOT FOR OUR OWN SAKE ALONE, but for the help of others. (S...
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...
HE THEN LYING ON JESUS' BREAST,.... Being on the couch just before Jesus, with his back to him, he bends backwards, and falling on Jesus' breast, whispers in his ear: AND SAITH UNTO HIM, LORD, WHO IS...
He then lying on Jesus' breast saith unto him, Lord, who is it? Ver. 25. _He then lying on Jesus' breast_] _Ad pectus allapsus, _ as laying his ear to our Saviour's mouth, that he might whisper him w...
_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...
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....
HE THEN, LYING ON JESUS' BREAST, SAITH UNTO HIM, LORD, WHO IS IT?...
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 accordingly, doth propound the question to Christ....
Tertullian The Prescription Against Heretics to whom alone the Lord pointed Judas out as the traitor,[229]...
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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...
‘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...
John 13:25. HE LEANING BACK THUS ON JESUS' BREAST, SAITH UNTO HIM, LORD, WHO IS IT? Nothing can be more graphic than the account here given of the movement made by John. He had been reclining on the b...
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 ‘...
HE (εκεινος). "That one" (John).LEANING BACK (αναπεσων). Second aorist active participle of αναπιπτω, to fall back.AS HE WAS (ουτως). "Thus." It was easily done....
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;...
_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...
Esther 7:5; Genesis 44:4...
Lying [ε π ι π ε σ ω ν]. This word is, literally, to fall upon, and is so rendered in almost every instance in the New Testament. In Mark 3:10, it is applied to the multitudes pressing upon Christ. It...
Leaning down, and so asking him privately....