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They were exceedingly sorrowful, and each began to ask him, "It isn`t me, is it, Lord?"
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A Humble Heart Asks "Is it I?"
Commentators overwhelmingly note that the disciples' first reaction was not to suspect others, but to examine themselves. Instead of asking, "Lord, is it Judas?" each one asked, "Is it I?" This response is highlighted as a beautiful trait of humility and a mark of true grace, teaching believers to apply warnings about sin to their own hearts first.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
They were exceeding sorrowful. John says they looked at one another like men in anxiety, each one conscious, except Judas, of no such inte…
Is it I, Lord? (μητ εγω ειμι, Κυριε; ). The negative expects the answer No and was natural for all save Judas. But he had to bluff…
19th Century
Anglican
They were exceedingly sorrowful — Saint John describes their perplexed and questioning glances at each other ([Reference John 13:2…
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Baptist
And as they did eat, he said, Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me. And they were exceeding sorrowful, —
There was…
The Passover meal could not be eaten till after sundown; and for those living within Palestine, it had to be eaten inside Jerusalem or not at all. …
16th Century
Protestant
They began every one of them to say to him. I do not think that the disciples were alarmed, as people struck with terror are accustomed to…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And they were exceeding sorrowful Partly that Christ should be betrayed at all, into the hands of his enemies, by wh…
Observe, the place for their eating the Passover was pointed out by Christ to the disciples. He knows those hidden ones who favour his cause, and w…
13th Century
Catholic
Next, the Evangelist deals with the institution of the Blessed Sacrament. Because the new sacraments take the place of the old ones, as it is said,…
