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Now no man at the table knew why he said this to him.
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A Secret Kept from the Table
Commentators unanimously agree that the disciples had no idea why Jesus told Judas to act quickly. Their immediate assumption was that Jesus, speaking to the group's treasurer, was giving a practical instruction, such as buying supplies for the ongoing feast. This highlights how concealed Judas's treacherous intentions were from his closest companions.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
No man at the table knew. This shows that Jesus had signified to John only who it was that would betray him.
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No one knew (ουδεις εγνω). Second aorist active indicative of γινωσκω. The disciples had not yet perceived the treacherous heart o…
19th Century
Anglican
Now no man at the table knew.—This is a comment of the Apostle's, as he writes in remembrance of the impression made at the time upon all …
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(27a) “Satan entered into him.” This moment was Judas’s last opportunity to renounce his treachery. If the other disciples were ignorant of Judas’s…
16th Century
Protestant
Not one of those who were at table. Either John had not yet related to others what Christ had told him, or they were so much struck by it,…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Now no man at the table Not one of those who lay upon the couches at the table, excepting John, to whom the signal was gi…
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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…
13th Century
Catholic
We now see the betrayal itself, after it was predicted.
First, we see that Judas was allowed to do what was predicted; and second,…
