Mark 14:20
in Mark 14He answered, “It is one of the Twelve—the one who is dipping his hand into the bowl with Me.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And he said unto them, It is one of the twelve, he that dippeth with me in the dish.
KJV
And he answered and said unto them, It is one of the twelve, that dippeth with me in the dish.
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This verse in Mark 14
Commentary
12 notes on this verseSeeing that the disciples were disturbed, Jesus called the betrayer to accountability by poignantly recalling the prophetic words of the psalmist: "Even my bosom friend in whom I trusted, who ate of my bread, has lifted up his heel against me." This corresponds to the Evangelist's report of him saying: "It is one of the twelve, one who is dipping bread into the dish with me." Judas the betrayer was thrusting his hand into the very same dish along with Jesus as they were eating the passover meal. This highlighted Judas' shamelessness.
This site's exposition
They began to be grieved
on Mark 14:19-21
They began to be grieved, each questioning himself, none accusing another. The Son of Man will go just as it is written about Him, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed. Scripture fulfilled and Judas’s guilt stand together.
This site's exposition
dipping his hand into the bowl
Clarke says only close friends were dipping into one bowl, so one of the Twelve eating with Jesus was betraying a friend. Origen hears Psalm 41:9, where a friend who had eaten bread with the psalmist turns on him. Bede sees Judas dipping his hand while the others held back.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(ubi sup.) Where it is evident that He did not proclaim him openly to all, lest He should make him the more shameless; at the same time He did not altogether keep it silent, lest thinking that he was not discovered, he should boldly hasten to betray Him.
The Medieval Church3 voices
He said to them, "One of the twelve, who is dipping his hand with me in the dish." Oh marvelous power of the Lord! First he had said, "One of you will betray me," the betrayer persists in evil, he is more clearly accused, and …
(ubi sup.) That is, Judas, who when the others were sad and held back their hands, puts forth his hand with his Master into the dish. And because He had before said, One of you shall betray me, and yet the traitor perseveres in his evil, He accuses him more openly, without however pointing out his name.
Again, He says, One out of the twelve, as it were separate from them, for the wolf carries away from the flock the sheep which he has taken, and the sheep which quits the fold lies open to the bite of the wolf.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And he answered and said unto them,.... In order to relieve their minds, and point out the particular person: it is one of the twelve, that dippeth with me in the dish; just at that very instant; See Gill on Mat 26:23.
4 more voices on this verse
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Christ's discourse with his disciples, as they were eating the passover. It is probable that they had discourse, according to the custom of the feast, of the deliverance of Israel out of Egypt, and the preservation of the first-born, and were as pleasant as they used to be together on this occasion, till Christ told them that which would mix trembling with their joys.
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
That dippeth with me in the dish - In the east, persons never eat together from one dish, except when a strong attachment subsists between two or more persons of the same caste; in such a case one invites another to come and sit by him and eat from the same dish. This custom seems to have existed among the Jews; and the sacred historian mentions this notice of our Lord’s, It is one of the twelve, that dippeth with me in the dish, to mark more strongly the perfidy of the character of Judas.
A commentator
J.C. Ryle1816–1900
Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Mark (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1857)
These verses contain Mark's account of the institution of the Lord's Supper. The simplicity of the description deserves special observation. Well would it have been for the Church, if men had not departed from the simple statements of Scripture about this blessed sacrament! It is a mournful fact that it has been corrupted by false explanations and superstitious additions, until its real meaning, in many parts of Christendom, is utterly unknown. Let us however, at present, dismiss from our minds all matters of controversy, and study the words of Mark with a view to our own personal edification.
A commentator
J.C. Ryle1816–1900
Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Mark (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1857)
proposed
These verses contain Mark's account of the institution of the Lord's Supper. The simplicity of the description deserves special observation. Well would it have been for the Church, if men had not departed from the simple statements of Scripture about this blessed sacrament! It is a mournful fact that it has been corrupted by false explanations and superstitious additions, until its real meaning, in many parts of Christendom, is utterly unknown. Let us however, at present, dismiss from our minds all matters of controversy, and study the words of Mark with a view to our own personal edification. Let us learn from the passage before us, that self-examination should precede the reception of the Lord's Supper . We cannot doubt that this was one object of our Lord's solemn warning, "One of you who eats with me shall betray me." He meant to stir up in the minds of his disciples, those very searchings of heart which are here so touchingly recorded — "They began to be sorrowful, and to say unto Him one by one, Is it I?" He meant to teach His whole Church throughout the world, that the time of drawing near to the Lord's table should be a time for diligent self-inquiry. The benefit of the Lord's Supper depends entirely on the spirit and frame of mind in which we receive it. The bread which we there eat, and the wine which we there drink, have no power to do good to our souls, as medicine does good to our bodies, without the co-operation of our hearts and wills. They will not convey any blessing to us, by virtue of the minister's consecration, if we do not receive them rightly, worthily, and with faith. To assert, as some do, that the Lord's supper must do good to all communicants, whatever be the state of mind in which they receive it, is a monstrous and unscriptural figment of imagination, and has given rise to gross and wicked superstition.
How the passage was read
On Mark 14:12-26On Mark 14:12-26
The meal on the table
Mark dates the meal precisely: “when they sacrificed the Passover lamb.” Passover (Pesach) was then a Temple feast: the lamb slain in the courts that afternoon, eaten that night with unleavened bread (matzah) and wine, in a room inside Jerusalem, in company: exactly the arrangements the disciples are sent to make. The hymn sung on the way out (14:26) would by long custom have been from the Hallel, Psalms 113–118, the Passover psalms: which means “the stone the builders rejected” (Psalm 118:22) was likely on His lips that night.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Sources: Mishnah Pesachim 10 (the meal's order) · Psalm 118:22 (the Hallel's rejected stone)
The words behind it
14 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ὁ | ho | <the> | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| δὲ | de | And | G1161 → | 2765 times |
| εἶπεν | eipen | He said | G2036 → | 925 times |
| αὐτοῖς· | autois | to them; | G846 → | 5565 times |
| εἷς | heis | [It is] one of | G1520 → | 343 times |
| τῶν | ton | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| δώδεκα, | dodeka | Twelve, | G1427 → | 75 times |
| ὁ | ho | who | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| ἐμβαπτόμενος | embaptomenos | is dipping | G1686 → | |
| μετ᾽ | met᾽ | with | G3326 → | 461 times |
| ἐμοῦ | emou | Me | G1473 → | 839 times |
| εἰς | eis | in | G1519 → | 1755 times |
| τὸ | to | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| τρύβλιον. | trublion | bowl. | G5165 → |
ὁ<the>
hoG3588 →19766 times
δὲAnd
deG1161 →2765 times
εἶπενHe said
eipenG2036 →925 times
αὐτοῖς·to them;
autoisG846 →5565 times
εἷς[It is] one of
heisG1520 →343 times
τῶνthe
tonG3588 →19766 times
δώδεκα,Twelve,
dodekaG1427 →75 times
ὁwho
hoG3588 →19766 times
ἐμβαπτόμενοςis dipping
embaptomenosG1686 →
μετ᾽with
met᾽G3326 →461 times
ἐμοῦMe
emouG1473 →839 times
εἰςin
eisG1519 →1755 times
τὸthe
toG3588 →19766 times
τρύβλιον.bowl.
trublionG5165 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Matthew 26:23Jesus answered, “The one who has dipped his hand into the bowl with Me will betray Me.
it leads to
- Psalms 41:9
Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- John 13:18
I am not speaking about all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the Scripture: ‘The one who shares My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.’
- John 13:26–28
Jesus answered, “It is the one to whom I give this morsel after I have dipped it.” Then He dipped the morsel and gave it to Judas son of Simon Iscariot.
- Psalms 41:9
Through
John 13:26Jesus answered, “It is the one to whom I give this morsel after I have dipped it.” Then He dipped the morsel and gave it to Judas son of Simon Iscariot.
it leads to
- Luke 22:21
Look! The hand of My betrayer is with Mine on the table.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Matthew 26:23
Jesus answered, “The one who has dipped his hand into the bowl with Me will betray Me.
- Luke 22:21
Through
John 6:71He was speaking about Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. For although Judas was one of the Twelve, he was later to betray Jesus.
it leads to
- Matthew 26:14–16
Then one of the Twelve, the one called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests
- Matthew 26:14–16
Through
Matthew 26:47While Jesus was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived, accompanied by a large crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests and elders of the people.
it leads to
- Acts 1:16
“Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled which the Holy Spirit foretold through the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide for those who arrested Jesus.
- Matthew 26:55
At that time Jesus said to the crowd, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me as you would an outlaw? Every day I sat teaching in the temple courts, and…
- Acts 1:16
Where this verse is studied
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About Mark
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Bede, Catena Aurea by Aquinas; Bede, On the Gospel of Mark; J.C. Ryle, Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Mark (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition); John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew; John Chrysostom, Catena Aurea by Aquinas; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Origen of Alexandria, COMMENTARY ON MATTHEW 50 and Pseudo-Jerome, Catena Aurea by Aquinas.