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Joh_13:25-26. Graphic representation. Raising himself from the κόλπος of Jesus to His breast, nearer to His ear, he draws close to Him, and asks (in a whisper).
ἐγώ ] I, for my part.
τὸ ψωμ .] which he meanwhile took into His hand.
ἐπιδώσω ] shall give away. The morsel is to be thought of as a piece of bread or meat, which Jesus dips into a broth on the table (not into the Charoseth, see on Mat_26:23, since the meal, according to John, was not the paschal meal).
The closing words of Joh_13:26 contain something of tragic solemnity.[131] By the designation of the traitor, it was not the curiosity of John, but his own love, which Jesus satisfied, and this by means of a token not of apparent, but of real and sorrowful goodwill towards Judas, in whom even now conscience might have been awakened and touched, by means of a token at the same time, such as most naturally suggested itself at table to the Lord as the head of the family, expressive of forbearance towards the traitor. This in answer to Weisse, who psychologically mishandles the entire representation as a fiction derived from Joh_13:18, and finds the true occurrence only in Mark, whilst Strauss gives the relative preference to Luke (Luk_22:21).
[131] To this belongs also the circumstantial λαμβάνει καί after ψωμ . (see critical notes). Jesus has put the morsel in the broth ( βάψας ), and then takes it, etc.