He spake. But, or Now He was speaking.
Judas. App-141.
Iscariot. a man of Kerioth, which was in Judah (Joshua 15:25). Kerioth now probably Khan Kureitin.
the son of Simon. So designated only here, John 12:4; John 12:13; John 12:2; John 12:26. The only apostle not. Galilean. Compare John 12:6.
that should betray Him. [who] was about to betray Him. Note the two verbs. Thus ends the second por tion of the Lord's ministry (App-119), and thus is ushered in the third.