E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - John 13:19
Now = From now. Greek. ap ' ( App-104 .) anti. Compare John 14:7 and Matthew 26:29 . believe . App-150 . I am . Omit "He", and Compare John 8:28 , John 8:58 ; John 18:5-6 . read more
Now = From now. Greek. ap ' ( App-104 .) anti. Compare John 14:7 and Matthew 26:29 . believe . App-150 . I am . Omit "He", and Compare John 8:28 , John 8:58 ; John 18:5-6 . read more
troubled . See John 11:33 . Spirit . App-101 . of = out of. Greek. ek. App-104 . read more
looked . Greek. blepo. App-133 . on = towards. Greek. eis. App-104 . splice = is speaking. read more
leaning = reclining. Greek. anakeimai, generally translated "sat at meat"; Compare John 13:28 . Reclining on the divan, his head towards the Lord's bosom, John was in the favoured position, on the Lord's right hand, Judas being on His left. on = in (Greek. en, as in John 13:1 ). bosom. Greek. kolpos. Compare the other five occurnces: John 1:18 . Luke 6:38 ; Luke 16:22 , Luke 16:23 .Acts 27:39 (creek). read more
beckoned = signed or nodded. Greek neuo. Only here and Acts 24:10 . that he should ask who it should be. L T Tr. A H R read, "and saith to him,`Say who it is '". read more
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 same word as "bosom" in John 13:23 . Occurs only here; John 21:20 . Luke 18:13 ; Luke 23:48 . Revelation 15:6 . read more
sop . Greek. psomion, a morsel. Only occurances here and verses: John 13:27 , John 13:30 . It was a mark of honour for the host to give a portion to one of the guests. The Lord had appealed to the conscience of Judas in John 13:21 , now He appeals to his heart. read more
after . Greek. meta. App-104 . Satan . The only occurance of this title in John. Before this clause in the Greek is the word tote, then, marking the point of time; it is strangely ignored in the Authorized Version It is significant that the rejection of the Lord's last appeal hardened Judas, so that his heart became open to the entrance of Satan. Up to this moment Judas had been possessed by the evil thought, now he is obsessed by the evil one. Then = Therefore. The Lord knew what had... read more
no man at the table = no one (Greek. oudeis) of those reclining (Greek. anakeimai). See John 13:23 . for what intent = with a view to (Greek. pros. App-104 .) what. spake this unto him = spake to him. read more
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - John 13:18
of = concerning. Greek peri. App-104 . He that, &c. Quoted from Psalms 41:9 . bread . Greek. the bread, i.e. My bread. In a pastoral letter of an Egyptian bishop about 600 A. n. on a Coptic ostracon this verse is quoted from the Septuagint, "He that eateth My bread", &c. (Deissmann, Light from the Ancient East, p. 216). against . Greek. epi. App-104 . read more