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Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - John 13:27

‘And then, after the dipped bread, Satan entered him. Jesus says to him, “What you are going to do, do quickly”.’ Again we have here a double meaning. We already know that Judas had submitted to Satan, but John stresses it here so that he can add ‘Jesus says to him’, referring to both Judas and Satan. That it was to Judas is certain, but that it was also to Satan who now possessed Judas is also probable. Jesus had no fear of what Satan could do to Him, and He wanted him to know it. Jesus’ words... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - John 13:28-29

‘Now no one at the table knew the reason why he said this to him, for some thought that, because he held the communal purse, Jesus was saying to him, “Buy what we need for the feast”, or else that he should distribute something to the poor’. This confirms the fact that none of them knew the significance of what had happened. The others merely assumed he had duties to perform. (‘No one’, of course, excludes Jesus, and it may exclude the writer. He is speaking of the others). Buying ‘for the... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - John 13:30

‘He then, having received the dipped bread, immediately went out. And it was night.’ Does the speed at which Judas acted suggest the torment that he was under? He did not stop for a moment for he wanted to get away as quickly as possible. He knew that he must not think about what he was going to do. And once he knew that Jesus knew what he was going to do, he would not have been able to bear being with Jesus a minute longer than was necessary. What a terrible state he had got himself into. ‘And... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - John 13:31-32

‘When therefore he had left Jesus says, “Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him. And God will glorify him in himself, and immediately he will glorify him’. We have here a whole package of glorification. The Son of Man is about to be glorified, and God is to be glorified in Him. Then God will glorify Him in Himself, and will immediately glorify Him. This undoubtedly includes His being glorified on the cross (John 12:23-27) but equally clearly involves His restoration to the... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - John 13:31-38

Jesus’ Final Words To His Apostles (John 13:31 to John 17:26 ). This next section, from John 13:31 to John 17:26, can be seen as the equivalent of the dying words of Jesus. Words spoken on approaching death, and especially on a deathbed, were considered to be particularly potent. There are numerous examples of this in Scripture, like the blessings of Jacob to his sons in Genesis 47:29 to Genesis 49:33, Moses’ farewell words in Deuteronomy 33:0, the farewell of Joshua to the nation of Israel... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - John 13:33-35

“Little children, I am with you for a little while longer. You will look for me, and as I said to the Jews, so now I say to you, where I am going you cannot come. A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another. In the same way that I have loved you, that you love one another. By this will all men know that you are my disciples, if you have love the one for the other”. Now in the light of the great events that lay ahead Jesus looked with fondness on His disciples, and called them... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - John 13:36-38

‘Simon Peter says to him, “Lord, where are you going?” Jesus replied, “Where I am going you cannot follow me now, but you will follow me later”. Peter says to him, “Lord, why can’t I follow you even now? I will lay down my life for you.” Jesus replies, “Will you lay down your life for me. I tell you emphatically, the cock will not crow before you have denied me three times”.’ The disciples were still not sure what was happening, and what Jesus meant, and so Peter asks Him where He is going.... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - John 13:21-32

John 13:21-Jonah : . 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 contrast the Synoptic account, where their doubts are expressed. Jesus’ special friend, reclining on His right, the left being the place of honour, is asked by a nod from the leader of the disciples, always ready to act on the spur of the moment, to find out secretly who... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - John 13:33-38

John 13:33 to John 17:26 . The Last Discourses and Prayer.— Perhaps this is the best place to consider the general arrangement and character of the final discourses. They present the same problems of style and language, of content and of arrangement, that are raised elsewhere in this gospel. The language and the theology of the author are conspicuous. And yet we cannot escape the conviction that a greater than “ John” is here, or fail to ask whether something of his style and theology was... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - John 13:21

How, and in what sense, trouble of spirit could agree to Christ, was noted before, John 12:27; see the notes on that text. This seemeth to have been rather a trouble of grief, that one of his apostles, one whom he had chosen, should commit so great a villany, than arising from fear of death; for his next words are a further discovery of the person that should betray him: he had said before, that he should be betrayed, and that it should be by one that used to eat bread with him; but now he... read more

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