John 13:23 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom— One of them, whom Jesus peculiarly loved, sat next to him, leaning backward with his head upon his Lord's breast, according to the usual posture at the passover. This disciple was John, the memoryof whose sweet disposition, and other amiable qualities, is perpetuated in the peculiar love which Jesus bare to him. The word νευει, in the next verse rendered beckoned, might be more exactly rendered nodded: he intimated his desire by a motion of his head.