The Pulpit Commentary — John — Volume 2 — Section 186

yon ahall betray me. The eynoptic nccount Ver. 24.-Bimon Peter therefore beokoned introduces tho vivid econo or humble and to thie (disciple), e.nd ee.ith to hlm. Wh~re- he,1rl-rvnding inquiry, "Lo1·d, ie it I?" to fore he must h~ve been far enough olT to "·hich the reply WIM! me.do, " The one that beckon, 1md near enough to epenk. Westcott dippct.h his hand in the dieh with me shall imngince that reter we.a on the left aide, in hetray mo," followed by a still more awful the plRce or rcnl honour (?), though not in wnrning-, and imprl'oation calling the eelr- euch '.proximity as, unob~erved, to aek the cnneeinnsly guilty man to bcsit.ato, to p1mse question. Edersheim nlso epcaks or tho left for hia own eake (Matt. xxvi. 2!). And, side e.s the plnco of honour, but assigne no further, we learn that Judas recofred tho adequnto reo.son for ench a. violntion of uni- answer, unheard by his fellow-diaciploe, vers~l u~n.ge and metaphor. The n,tnre.l tlrnt it was he \\ho w&e in this imminent impetuosity of Peter would have induced dnn;;er. This scene, however, we.e eo him, if he he.d been so uenr, to ho.ve nsked impressive to the mnjority that the sy- the question himself, It ie more probable noptic traditiou failed to rncord a briefer that Judae himseIF we.a there, judging from aide-scene, or which John was tho prin- the le.ngunge or Matt. xxvi. 23, a.ad from cipal witness, and which he hero de- the a.et which follows. Either with T.R., Ke ecribee. The disciplea (therefore) ' were ape.ke to him, to ask who it might be; 1 or, gazing on one another, being in perplexity ee.ith, Tell (118) who it ie oonoerning whom conoerning whom he 11pe.ke. They were he i,pee.ka ; e.e though Peter h.o.rl rushed to looking on in mute or whispering e.me.ze- the conclusion thnt John knew. This is ment and tribulation upon one another, eingularly like Peter, and John me.y tacitly heing in sore bewilderment (chropotll'•vo,), hnve been supposed to be better e.cque.inted but as yet they diJ not snepect Jode.s. the.n the reet with the mind of Jesus. There We.B lying, says our text, reclining e.t Ver. 25.--1 Ke, leaning be.ok e.s he was the !Able, in the boeom ( ,v "'P 1e&11...-,,. )--'1rl .,.o age.inet the brae.et of J es118, se.ith unto him, .,.,,.1160s, "against the breast;'--one of his Lord, who is it 1 Meyer explains, "He, disciplea whom J'811ll8 loved. Observe, this raising himself from the 1e&>..1ros of Jesus to sacred designation occurs in eh. xix. 26 ; his breaet, nenrer to his ear, dmws close to :i.x. 2 ; xxi. i, 20. In eh. XL 2 it ie "the him, a.ad Aske in I\ whisper." This turne on other disciple whom JesUB lcp/>...,, amabat, the epecial rendering given by Meyer e.nd implying that the love of Jesus we.s not othere to 1e&>..1ros, e.s meaning the fold of the confined to John, but embre.ced Peter also; garment a.hove the girdle, as in Luke vi. 88; wherelM! here we he.ve tv i,-y&.,ra, the higher but the fundamentnl meaning of 1e&1l.1ros is love of respect and o.ffection, diligebat. We bosom, womb, embrace, e.nd thie eecondary can ha'l'e no doubt, from the enumeration of meaning need not be pressed (cf. eh. i. 18; the ~up in eh. x:i;i 2, etc., that it ie one Luke xvi. 22, 28). of Zebedec's sous. Now one of these, Ja.mes, Ver. 26.--Jesue(then) answered-"then," a.i we learn from the narrative of Acts xii., ovv, ie introduced by the modem editors, e.e soon passed e.we.y. The author of the well o.s /3&.,j,., for /3&.,j,o:s--Ke it ie for whom I Fourth Gospel doee undoubtedly mean t.o shall clip the sop ( or, morsel), e.nd give it him ; refer to John, o.nd to repreeent the disciple so (1eal iµ/3&.,j,as is exchanged, on very strong 1., +,-y&.1ra l, 'h1croiis &B no other the.n himself. authority, into /3&.fo:s oiJ"v, e.nd l1r,lid,cro, into The atiitude so carefully described he.d been lirl,aw) when he had clipped the eop, he te.keth adopted by the Jews e.t table. It shows e.nd giveth it to J'ude.s the eon of Bimon, the that John w&e seated, or was reclining, next Iscariot. The ,/,wµlov was the morsel of mee.t to J esUB on his right, and therefore could, or bread dipped into the charoseth, a mead more easily tha.u his next companion on the 1 T.B., with A, D, r, .6, and mn.ny other left, have sought e.nd received au answer from the Lord. Whether this was Peter or J odas uncials, Syrie.o Versions, Armenia.a, eto., does not appear certAin. Edersheim has ree.d, 1rv6ea60:1 ..-,s lfv ,r'l; while Tischendo.-f represented Peter's place as on the opposite (8th edit.), Westcott e.ud Hort, Meyer, side of the horseshoe ta"ble. Words from Lucke, Tregelles, end R.T., rend, .1,,.~ .,./s tbet distance could have been overheard by fo..-w ,rep! o3 11.e-y•r, with B, C, L, 88, It o.ll. At the celebro.tion of the PuaeoTer, gi'l'es 11 blending of the two readings. tlu, guests were accustomed originally to • T.R. e.nd Le.chmaun ree.d, i1r11reaw11 3~. •land; but after the Captivity the custom with A, E, F, and many other authorities; foll into desuetude. Tischendorf (8th edit.) reads 01!11, with tot, D, L, M, X. numerous cursives, Le.tin, 1 Lechmann e.nd othcl'II maintain o7f.,, with Vu Igate. The 06..-ws, introdooed by Tischen- tt•, A, D, and many other uncialll; but dorf (8th edit.) and R.T., is omitted by tot. Tiechendorf (8th edit) e.nd R.T. reject it, The a.va..-,.,.rf,., of B.T. e.nd Westcott e.nd Hort, with l:C", B, C, and aome unciale ,eldorp but not Tischendorf (8th ~dit.), l'Ollts o~ e).aewl!ere 1,1,w-eeing with thelP,. t«, B, C•, K, Ji. on. xm. 1-38.) THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. ,JOHN. 1!)3