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He answered, "He who dipped his hand with me in the dish, the same will betray me.
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The Pain of Close Betrayal
Commentators explain that sharing a common dish was a sign of intimate friendship and hospitality. By identifying his betrayer as one who 'dipped his hand with me in the dish,' Jesus highlighted the profound personal pain of the betrayal. The act was a violation of a sacred bond of fellowship, making the treachery especially heinous.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish. The Jews, at the observance of this ordinance, used a bitter sauce, made of bunches…
He that dipped (ο εμβαψας). They all dipped their hands, having no knives, forks, or spoons. The aorist participle with the articl…
19th Century
Anglican
He that dippeth his hand with me —Better, he that dipped, as of an act just passed. It seems probable from what follows t…
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Baptist
Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to ea…
Jesus’ point in this verse is that the betrayer is a friend, someone close, someone sharing the common dish, thus heightening the enormity of the b…
16th Century
Protestant
But he answering said. Christ, by his reply, neither removes their doubt, nor points out the person of Judas, but only confirms what he sa…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he answered and said In order to make them easy, and point out the betrayer to them,
he that dippeth his hand wit…
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,…
