Robertson Word Pictures - John 13:21 - 13:21

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Robertson Word Pictures - John 13:21 - 13:21


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He was troubled in the spirit (etarachthē toi pneumati). First aorist passive indicative of tarassō and the locative case of pneuma. See note on Joh 11:33 and note on Joh 12:27 for this use of tarassō for the agitation of Christ’s spirit. In Joh 14:1, Joh 14:27 it is used of the disciples. Jesus was one with God (Joh 5:19) and yet he had our real humanity (Joh 1:14).

Testified (emarturēsen). First aorist active indicative of martureō, definite witness as in Joh 4:44; Joh 18:37.

One of you shall betray me (heis ex humōn paradōsei me). Future active of paradidōmi, to betray, the word so often used of Judas. This very language occurs in Mar 14:18; Mat 26:21 and the idea in Luk 22:21. Jesus had said a year ago that “one of you is a devil” (Joh 6:70), but it made no such stir then. Now it was a bolt from the blue sky as Jesus swept his eyes around and looked at the disciples.