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Beckoneth (neuei). Old verb to nod, in N.T. only here and Act 24:10. They were all looking in surprise at each other.
Tell us who it is of whom he speaketh (eipe tis estin peri hou legei). Second aorist active imperative with indirect question (tis) and relative clause (peri hou). Peter was cautious, but could not contain his curiosity. John in front of Jesus was in a favourable position to have a whispered word with him.
Breast (stēthos). As in Joh 21:20; Luk 18:13 in place of kolpon (Joh 13:23). This is the moment represented in Leonardo da Vinci’s “Last Supper,” only he shows the figures like the monks for whom he painted it.