“ He then lying on Jesus' breast saith unto him, Lord, who is it? ”
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 hea...
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 amazemen...
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....
He then lying on Jesus' breast saith unto him, Lord, who is it? He then lying on Jesus' breast - Επιπεσων, laying his head against the breast of Christ, in a loving, respectful manner. As the express...
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 w...
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...
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 pla...
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...
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 t...
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...
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,...
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 oth...
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, wh...
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 hi...
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 w...
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 cha...
The Treachery of Judas Foretold; The Anxiety of the Disciples. 18 I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the s...
John accordingly, doth propound the question to Christ.
There Is One Among Them Who Will Betray Him ( John 13:18-30 ). 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...
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 1...
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 al...
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 Jud...
EXPOSITION IV. THE FINAL MANIFESTATIONS IN WORD AND ACTION OF THE LOGOS INCARNATE , EXPRESSING ITSELF ABSOLUTELY AND TO THE UTTERMOST AS LOVE . (Jn 13-21....
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.
Esther 7:5 ; Genesis 44:4-12
Leaning down, and so asking him privately.