For some thought, because Judas had the money box, that Jesus said to him, “Buy what things we need for the feast,” or that he should give something to the poor.
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For some thought, because Judas had the money box, that Jesus said to him, “Buy what things we need for the feast,” or that he should give something to the poor.
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Some of the thought because Iudas had the bagge that Iesus had sayd vnto him bye those thinges that we have nede af agaynst the feast: or that he shulde geve some thinge to the poore.
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For some of them thought because Iudas had the bag, that Iesus had sayd vnto him, Buy those things that we haue neede of against ye feast: or that he should giue some thing to the poore.
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Passages linked to John 13:29 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- John 12:5-6 “Why wasn’t this ointment sold for three hundred denarii, and given to the poor?” Now he said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, used to steal what was put into it.
- Acts 20:34-35 You yourselves know that these hands served my necessities, and those who were with me. In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
- Ephesians 4:28 Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, producing with his hands something that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.
- John 13:1 Now before the feast of the Passover, Jesus, knowing that his time had come that he would depart from this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.
- Galatians 2:10 They only asked us to remember the poor—which very thing I was also zealous to do.
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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain 29. Or that he should give something to the…
29. Or that he should give something to the poor. It is plain enough from other passages how great was Christ’s poverty, and yet, out of the little that he had, he gave something to the poor, in order to lay down a rule for us; for the Apostles would not have conjectured that he had spoken about the poor, if it had not been their usual custom to relieve the poor
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 29 For some of them thought, because Judas had…
29 For some of them thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus had said unto him, Buy those things that we have need of against the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor.
Ver. 29. For some of them thought] An example of Christian simplicity. As bad men muse as they use, so good men measure others by themselves and so are often deceived, as here. "Charity thinketh no evil," 1Co 13:5.
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Or that he should give something to the poor] Christ had not much, yet had somewhat for the poor; so must the poor day labourer, Eph 4:28, the necessitous widow, Mar 12:42.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain For some of them thought,.... This was the thought…
For some of them thought,.... This was the thought of some of the disciples, it may be of all of them but John;
because Judas had the bag: which was for the common supply of Christ and his disciples, and for the relief of the poor; See Gill on Joh 12:6.
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That Jesus had said unto him, buy those things that we have need of against the feast; the feast of the passover, which was to be two days after; and shows, that this was not the passover which Christ now ate with his disciples:
or that he should give something to the poor; for whom Christ cared, and had a hearty concern, and for whom Judas had very little, notwithstanding his high pretensions.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 29. Buy those things that we have need…
Verse 29. Buy those things that we have need of against the feast] Calmet's observation here has weight so it. "The disciples who thought that our Lord had said this to Judas, knew well that on the day of the passover there was neither buying nor selling in Jerusalem. This, therefore, did not happen on the paschal evening; for the feast, according to the common opinion, must have begun the preceding evening, and Jesus have eaten the passover with his disciples the night before his death; but it appears to me, by the whole text of St. John, that the passover did not begin till the time in which our Lord expired upon the cross. It was then that they were sacrificing the paschal lambs in the temple. It is therefore probable that the apostles believed that Judas went to purchase a lamb, and the other necessary things for the evening, and for the day of the Passover." On this subject the reader is requested to consult the observations at the end of Mt. 26, where the subject is considered at large. See Clarke on Mt 26:75
Give something to the poor.] It is well known that our Lord and his disciples lived on public charity; and yet they gave alms out of what they had thus received. From this we learn that even those who live on charity themselves are expected to divide a little with those who are in deeper distress and want.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 29. For some of them] Shewing that they could…
29. For some of them] Shewing that they could not have understood.
had the bag] See on Joh_12:6.
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against the feast] This agrees with Joh_13:1, that this meal precedes the Passover.
to the poor] Comp. Joh_12:5; Neh_8:10; Neh_8:12; Gal_2:10.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (29) Because Judas had the bag.—Comp. Notes on Joh_12:6.
(29) Because Judas had the bag.—Comp. Notes on Joh_12:6.
Buy those things that we have need of against the feast.—Here, again, it will be better to postpone the consideration of details in the order of the events of this week, and to deal with the question as a whole. (Comp. Excursus F: The Day of the Crucifixion of our Lord.)
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That he should give something to the poor.—Such gifts seem to have been made at all festivals. Their thought was probably of gifts to enable the poor to obtain the lamb and other requisites for keeping the Passover.
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