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He (ekeinos). Emphatic pronoun again.
For whom I shall dip the sop (hōi egō bapsō to psōmion). Dative case of the relative (hōi) and future active of baptō, to dip (Luk 16:24). Psōmion is a diminutive of psōmos, a morsel, a common Koiné word (in the papyri often), in N.T. only in this passage. It was and is in the orient a token of intimacy to allow a guest to dip his bread in the common dish (cf. Rth 2:14). So Mar 14:20. Even Judas had asked: “Is it I?” (Mar 14:19; Mat 26:22).
Giveth it to Judas (didōsin Ioudāi). Unobserved by the others in spite of Christ’s express language, because “it was so usual a courtesy” (Bernard), “the last appeal to Judas’ better feeling” (Dods). Judas now knew that Jesus knew his plot.