Was at the table reclining in Jesus' bosom (ην ανακειμενος εν τω κολπω του Ιησου). No word for "table" in the text. Periphrastic i…

Leaning on Jesus' bosom. This does not mean that he was at that time actually lying on his bosom, but that he occupied a situatio…

Now there was leaning on Jesus’ bosom.—Leonardo’s picture is misleading in one respect: like most paintings of the Lord’s…

St. John Chrysostom: After His twofold promise of assistance to the Apostles in their future labors, our Lord remembered that …

Peter signaled to the disciple who occupied the place next to Jesus and “whom Jesus loved” (presumably John), asking him to inquire who the traitor…

Whom Jesus loved. The peculiar love with which Christ loved John plainly testifies that, if we love some people…

Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom
Not pressing upon that part of Christ's body, which would have been irreverent…

Our Lord had often spoken of his own sufferings and death without such trouble of spirit as he now showed when he spoke of Judas. The sins of Chris…

1. Previously, the Evangelist presented the example Christ gave for his disciples to imitate. Here he shows the failure of the disciples who…