and compare John iii.16; Eph. ii. 4; v. 2,25; 2 Thess. 11. 16; Apoe. ill. 9.
2. Supper being ended (Se/zvov yevouévov). The most approved reading is yuvopévou, the present participle, denoting while a supper was in progress. Hence Rev., rightly, during supper. The A. V. is wrong, even if the reading of the Received Text be retained; for in ver. 12 Jesus reclined again, and in ver. 26, the supper is still in progress. It should be, supper hawing begun, or having been served.* It is important to note the absence of the definite article: a supper, as distinguished from the feast, which also is designated by a different word.
Having now put (57 BeBAnkoros). Rev., better, already. Put, is literally, thrown or cast.
Into the heart of Judas. Meyer, strangely, refers the heart, not to Judas, but to the Devil himself; rendering, the Devil having already formed the design that Judas should de- liver Him up. Godet does not speak too strongly when he says that “this meaning is insufferable.” +
8. Had given (dédwxev). The best texts read édwxev, gave, the aorist marking Jesus’ commission as given once for all.
Was come (é&\9e). This rendering would require the per- fect tense. The aorist points to His coming as a historic fact, not as related to its result. See on xii.47. Rev., rightly, came Sorth.
Went (i7dyev). Present tense: goeth; withdrawing from the scenes of earth. Note the original order: that tt was from
*Godet, with his well-known aversion to departures from the Rec., holds by the reading yevouévov, and explains ywwouevov by when the repast as a repast began ; adding that the correction was made in order to place the foot-wash- ing at the beginning of the repast, the customary time for it. But the per- formance of the act during the course of the meal, is indicated by the words in ver. 4, He riseth from (é«) the supper.
{1 am surprised to find it adopted by Milligan and Moulton.