For he knew him who would betray him, therefore he said, “You are not all clean.”
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For he knew him who would betray him, therefore he said, “You are not all clean.”
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For he knewe his betrayer. Therfore sayde he: ye are not all clene.
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For hee knewe who should betray him: therefore sayd he, Ye are not all cleane.
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Passages linked to John 13:11 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- John 13:18 I don’t speak concerning all of you. I know whom I have chosen. But that the Scripture may be fulfilled, ‘He who eats bread with me has lifted up his heel against me.’
- John 13:26 Jesus therefore answered, “It is he to whom I will give this piece of bread when I have dipped it.” So when he had dipped the piece of bread, he gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot.
- John 13:2 During supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him,
- John 13:21 When Jesus had said this, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, “Most certainly I tell you that one of you will betray me.”
- Matthew 26:24-25 The Son of Man goes, even as it is written of him, but woe to that man through whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for that man if he had not been born.” Judas, who betrayed him, answered, “It isn’t me, is it, Rabbi?” He said to him, “You said it.”
- John 2:25 and because he didn’t need for anyone to testify concerning man; for he himself knew what was in man.
- John 6:64-71 But there are some of you who don’t believe.” For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who didn’t believe, and who it was who would betray him. He said, “For this cause I have said to you that no one can come to me, unless it is given to him by my Father.” At this, many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. Jesus said therefore to the twelve, “You don’t also want to go away, do you?” Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life. We have come to believe and know that you are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Jesus answered them, “Didn’t I choose you, the twelve, and one of you is a devil?” Now he spoke of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, for it was he who would betray him, being one of the twelve.
- John 17:12 While I was with them in the world, I kept them in your name. I have kept those whom you have given me. None of them is lost except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 11 For he knew who should betray him; therefore…
11 For he knew who should betray him; therefore said he, Ye are not all clean.
Ver. 11. He knew who should betray him] And yet he vouchsafed to wash his feet. This was stupenda dignatio, a wonderful condescension, an unparalleled patience.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain By these words the evangelist expounds only what our…
By these words the evangelist expounds only what our Saviour meant in the former verse, when he had told them they were not all clean; for though the disciples did not yet know that they had a traitor amongst them, Satan had before this put the design into the heart of Judas, Joh 13:2; and Christ, who knew all hearts, knew what was in the heart of Judas, and he soon after (as we shall hereafter in this chapter read) revealed it; yet at this time he had not revealed it to his disciples: now he begins to discover it, telling them, that though the most of them were clean, justified and sanctified, yet all of them were not so.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain For he knew who should betray him,.... That is,…
For he knew who should betray him,.... That is, Jesus, as Beza's ancient copy, and the Syriac and Persic versions read. This he knew from the beginning; not only from the beginning of his ministry, when he chose his twelve apostles, but from the beginning of time, yea, from everlasting; this being fixed by the determinate counsel of God, which he, as the omniscient God, was privy to: he knew what preparations were making, and how things were then working, in order to bring it about; he knew that Satan had already put it into Judas's heart, and that he had consented to it;
therefore, said he, ye are not all clean: he does not mention his name, though he could have done so, it not being as yet proper to make so full a discovery of him, before the matter was ripe for execution; and also to put all the disciples upon examination of themselves.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Who should betray him - Greek: “He knew him…
Who should betray him - Greek: “He knew him who was about to betray him.”
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 11. Who should betray him—Who was about to betray…
11. Who should betray him—Who was about to betray him.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 11. who should betray him] Or, him that was…
11. who should betray him] Or, him that was betraying Him. The Greek construction is exactly equivalent to that of ‘He that should come’ (Mat_11:3; Luk_7:19); in both cases it is the present participle with the definite article—‘the betraying one,’ ‘the coming one.’
therefore] Or, for this cause: see on Joh_12:39.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (11) For he knew who should betray him.—Comp. Joh_18:2,…
(11) For he knew who should betray him.—Comp. Joh_18:2, and Note on Mat_26:48. This is the first reference to the betrayal during the feast. The words are words of warning, spoken in the love which even then might have redeemed and cleansed the heart, if it had been open to receive it. The feet of Judas were washed by his Master. Had he learnt the lesson of humility and love, he might have conquered the foul spirit of ambition and covetousness which was carrying him to destruction.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain For he knew who was betraying him; therefore he…
For he knew who was betraying him; therefore he said, Ye are not all clean. That Christ should have been ignorant of the devices of Judas, or of his true character, is repeatedly denied by all the evangelists. John certainly calls attention to the Lord"s knowledge of the secret of Judas, and justifies thus his Divine prerogative. That Strauss, Hilgenfeld, and others should see here an innuendo against Peter, and the charge against Peter of advocating a kind of Ebionitie daily ablution of the whole body, is willful and uncalled for.
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