John 13:24

Syriac Peshitta (NT Only)

ܠܗܳܢܳܐ ܪܡܰܙ ܫܶܡܥܽܘܢ ܟ݁ܺܐܦ݂ܳܐ ܕ݁ܰܢܫܰܐܠܺܝܘܗ݈ܝ ܕ݁ܡܰܢܽܘ ܗܰܘ ܕ݁ܶܐܡܰܪ ܥܠܰܘܗ݈ܝ ܀

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beckoned: Luke 1:22, Luke 5:7, Acts 12:17, Acts 13:16, Acts 21:40

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him,.... Peter perhaps lay at a distance from Christ, or in some such position, that he could not whisper to him himself; and besides, knew that John might use more freedom, as he was admitted to more familiarity with him; and being at some distance also from him, he beckoned to him; which was usually done at meals, when they could not, by reason of their posture, discourse together: this being the case, מחוי ליה במחוג, "they made signs", by nodding to one another k; that is, as the gloss explains it, they pointed with their hands and fingers, and by nodding or beckoning; such a method Peter took, signifying his desire,

that he should ask who it should be of whom he spake: which he did not out of mere curiosity, but from an honest intention and pure zeal, that he, with the rest, might show their abhorrence of such a person, and avoid him; and do all that lay in their power to hinder him from putting his designs into execution, and that the innocent might be free from all suspicion.

k T. Bab. Beracot ib.