John 13:25 BSB — MannaFest

John 13:25

Leaning back against Jesus, he asked, “Lord, who is it?”

BSB

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ASV

He leaning back, as he was, on Jesus’ breast saith unto him, Lord, who is it?

KJV

He then lying on Jesus’ breast saith unto him, Lord, who is it?

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Commentary

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John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

He then lying on Jesus' breast,.... Being on the couch just before Jesus, with his back to him, he bends backwards, and falling on Jesus' breast, whispers in his ear: and saith unto him, Lord, who is it? using his interest in Christ, and making thus free with him, in compliance with Peter's request; and was no doubt desirous himself of knowing who the person was.

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Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

He then lying on Jesus’ breast - This is a different word from the one rendered Joh 13:23 leaning. It means falling back or reclining on the bosom of Jesus. When Peter spake, John laid his head back on the bosom of Jesus, so that he could speak to him privately without being heard by others.

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2052: “"On His Breast"” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1888)

PICTURE the Lord and His Apostles at the holy Supper. A world of interest centers here. Two figures, strangely different, met in this scene—met, shortly afterwards to part and never to meet again. To look upon them, they seemed equally disciples of Jesus and from the position which one of them occupied, as leaning on the Lord's bosom and the other as the treasurer of the Master's little store, they seemed to be equally trusted and honored followers of the great Lord. You might not have known, by mere sight, which was the better man of the two—John or Judas.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἀναπεσὼν	anapesōn	Having leaned	G377 →
οὖν	oun	then	G3767 →
ἐκεῖνος	ekeinos	he	G1565 →
οὕτως	houtōs	thus	G3779 →
ἐπὶ	epi	on	G1909 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
στῆθος	stēthos	breast	G4738 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
Ἰησοῦ	Iēsou	of Jesus	G2424 →
λέγει	legei	he says	G3004 →
αὐτῷ·	autō	to Him;	G846 →
κύριε,	kurie	Lord,	G2962 →
τίς	tis	who	G5101 →
ἐστιν;	estin	is it?	G1510 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 21:20
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?”
leads to
- John 21:7
  Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” As soon as Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his outer garment (for he had removed…
- John 20:2
  So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved. “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb,” she said, “and we do not know where they…
- John 21:24
  This is the disciple who testifies to these things and who has written them down. And we know that his testimony is true.
- John 13:23–26
  One of His disciples, the one whom Jesus loved, was reclining at His side.
Through
Esther 7:5
Then King Xerxes spoke up and asked Queen Esther, “Who is this, and where is the one who would devise such a scheme?”
leads to
- Job 9:24
  The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He blindfolds its judges. If it is not He, then who is it?
- Genesis 27:33
  Isaac began to tremble violently and said, “Who was it, then, who hunted the game and brought it to me? Before you came in, I ate it all and blessed him—and indeed, he will…
- Acts 5:3
  Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and withhold some of the proceeds from the land?

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About John

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About John