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Beckoneth (νευε). Old verb to nod, in N.T. only here and Ac 24:10. They were all looking in surprise at each other.
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him.—The tense in the original is present. “Simon Peter therefore beckons,” or, mak…
Church Fathers
ChurchFathers
St. John Chrysostom: After His twofold promise of assistance to the Apostles in their future labors, our Lord remembered that …
Expositor's Bible Commentary
Expositor'sBible Commentary
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…
John Gill
JohnGill
Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him
Peter perhaps lay at a distance from Christ, or in some such position, that he…
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
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…
Thomas Aquinas
ThomasAquinas
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Previously, the Evangelist presented the example Christ gave for his disciples to imitate. Here he shows the failure of the disciples who…
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A.T. Robertson
A.T.Robertson