John 13:25
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Leaning back against Jesus, he asked, “Lord, who is it?”
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He then lying--rather leaning over on Jesus' bosom. saith--in a whisper, "Lord, who is it?"
Open source ↗Our Saviour having finished his public discourses, in which he "endured the contradiction of sinners," now applies himself to a private conversation with his friends, in which he designed the consolation of saints. Henceforward we have an account of what passed between him and his disciples, who were to be entrusted with the affairs of his household, when he was gone into a far country; the necessary instructions and comforts he furnished them with. His hour being at hand, he applies himself to set his house in order. In this chapter I. He washes his disciples' feet (v. 1-17). II. He foretels who should betray him (Joh 13:18-30). III. He instructs them in the great doctrine of his own death, and the great duty of brotherly love (Joh 13:31-35). IV. He foretels Peter's denying him (Joh 13:36-38).
Open source ↗13:25 Peter told “the disciple Jesus loved” (13:23), who was sitting next to Jesus, to ask the betrayer’s identity. As he reclined next to Jesus, he leaned over to Jesus and spoke privately.
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Peter turned and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them. He was the one who had leaned back against Jesus at the supper to ask, “Lord, who is going to betray You?”
Then King Xerxes spoke up and asked Queen Esther, “Who is this, and where is the one who would devise such a scheme?”