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Literal Standard Version

John 13:28

and none of those reclining to eat knew for what intent He said this to him,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jesus, the Christ;   Traitor;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Bread, Bread of Presence;   Holman Bible Dictionary - John, the Gospel of;   Sop;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Foot;   Judas Iscariot;   Wealth;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Apostles;   Lord's Supper. (I.);   Upper Room (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Sop;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Judas;   Passover;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Judas;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Table;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for November 17;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
None of those reclining at the table knew why he said this to him.
King James Version (1611)
Now no man at the table knew, for what intent he spake this vnto him.
King James Version
Now no man at the table knew for what intent he spake this unto him.
English Standard Version
Now no one at the table knew why he said this to him.
New American Standard Bible
Now none of those reclining at the table knew for what purpose He had said this to him.
New Century Version
No one at the table understood why Jesus said this to Judas.
Amplified Bible
But no one reclining at the table knew why He said this to him.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now no one of those reclining at the table knew for what purpose He had said this to him.
Legacy Standard Bible
Now no one of those reclining at the table knew for what purpose He had said this to him.
Berean Standard Bible
But no one at the table knew why Jesus had said this to him.
Contemporary English Version
No one at the meal understood what Jesus meant.
Complete Jewish Bible
But no one at the table understood why he had said this to him.
Darby Translation
But none of those at table knew why he said this to him;
Easy-to-Read Version
No one at the table understood why Jesus said this to Judas.
Geneva Bible (1587)
But none of them that were at table, knew, for what cause he spake it vnto him.
George Lamsa Translation
But no man of those who were sitting at the table understood what he said to him.
Good News Translation
None of the others at the table understood why Jesus said this to him.
Lexham English Bible
(Now no one of those reclining at table knew for what reason he said this to him.
Literal Translation
But no one of those reclining knew this, for what He spoke to him;
American Standard Version
Now no man at the table knew for what intent he spake this unto him.
Bible in Basic English
Now it was not clear to anyone at table why he said this to him.
Hebrew Names Version
Now no man at the table knew why he said this to him.
International Standard Version
Now no one at the table knew why he said this to him.
Etheridge Translation
But this no man knew of those who reclined of what he spake to him.
Murdock Translation
And no one of those reclining, knew, wherefore he said this to him.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
That wiste no man at the table, for what intent he spake vnto hym.
English Revised Version
Now no man at the table knew for what intent he spake this unto him.
World English Bible
Now no man at the table knew why he said this to him.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Then said Jesus to him, What thou dost, do quickly. Now none at the table knew, why he said this to him.
Weymouth's New Testament
But why He said this no one else at the table understood.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And noon of hem that saten at the mete wiste, wherto he seide to hym.
Update Bible Version
Now no man at the table knew for what intent he spoke this to him.
Webster's Bible Translation
Now no man at the table knew for what intent he spoke this to him.
New English Translation
(Now none of those present at the table understood why Jesus said this to Judas.
New King James Version
But no one at the table knew for what reason He said this to him.
New Living Translation
None of the others at the table knew what Jesus meant.
New Life Bible
No one at the supper knew why Jesus had said this to Judas.
New Revised Standard
Now no one at the table knew why he said this to him.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, as to this, none of them who were reclining with him knew respecting what, he said it to him.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Now no man at the table knew to what purpose he said this unto him.
Revised Standard Version
Now no one at the table knew why he said this to him.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
That wist no ma at the table for what intent he spake vnto him.
Young's Literal Translation
and none of those reclining at meat knew for what intent he said this to him,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But ye same wyst no man at the table, for what intent he sayde it vnto him.
Mace New Testament (1729)
but the company at table did not know what he meant by saying so.
THE MESSAGE
No one around the supper table knew why he said this to him. Some thought that since Judas was their treasurer, Jesus was telling him to buy what they needed for the Feast, or that he should give something to the poor.
Simplified Cowboy Version
None of the other cowboys caught on to what was taking place.

Contextual Overview

18I do not speak concerning you all; I have known whom I chose for Myself; but that the Writing may be fulfilled: He who is eating the bread with Me, lifted up his heel against Me. 19From this time I tell you, before its coming to pass, that, when it may come to pass, you may believe that I AM; 20truly, truly, I say to you, he who is receiving whomsoever I may send, receives Me; and he who is receiving Me, receives Him who sent Me." 21Having said these things, Jesus was troubled in the spirit, and testified and said, "Truly, truly, I say to you that one of you will deliver Me up"; 22the disciples were looking, therefore, at one another, doubting concerning of whom He speaks. 23And there was one of His disciples reclining in the bosom of Jesus, whom Jesus was loving; 24Simon Peter, then, beckons to this one, to inquire who he may be concerning whom He speaks, 25and that one having leaned back on the breast of Jesus, responds to Him, "Lord, who is it?" 26Jesus answers, "It is that one to whom I, having dipped the morsel, will give it"; and having dipped the morsel, He gives [it] to Judas of Simon, Iscariot. 27And after the morsel, then Satan entered into that one. Jesus, therefore, says to him, "What you do—do quickly";

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now no man at the table,.... Not one of those who lay upon the couches at the table, excepting John, to whom the signal was given:

knew for what intent he spake this unto him; and perhaps he might not know the meaning of his last words, that he spoke concerning the act of betraying him; nor did not imagine that the thing was so near and so speedily to be done, as it was.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

No man at the table knew - This shows that Jesus had signified to John only who it was that should betray him.

The bag - The traveling-bag in which they put their common property. See the notes at John 12:6.

Have need of against the feast - The feast of the Passover. This feast continued seven days, and they supposed that Jesus had directed him to make preparation for their needs on those days.


 
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