Joh 13:26. [336] ἈΠΟΚΡΊΝΕΤΑΙ, answers) into the ear of John.-τὸ ψώμιον, the morsel [sop]) Jesus, whilst speaking, took this into His hand.-δίδωσιν, He gives it) Jesus gave it with the utmost long-suffering; and the rest of the disciples no doubt thought Judas to be blessed thereby above others. But when Judas was not even thus led to repentance, he became in a peculiar degree the organ of Satan, and most hostile to Christ. [How very near to Jesus was Judas on this occasion! But in a short while after, by what a wide gulf did glory separate Jesus from Judas, and destruction separate Judas from Jesus!-V. g.]
[336] λέγει αὐτῷ, saith unto Him) Love to Jesus renders the question a legitimate one, which otherwise could hardly escape the stigma of mere curiosity.-V. g.