Yohanes 13:23

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Seorang di antara murid Yesus, yaitu murid yang dikasihi-Nya, bersandar dekat kepada-Nya, di sebelah kanan-Nya.

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Seorang di antara murid Yesus, yaitu murid yang dikasihi-Nya, bersandar dekat kepada-Nya, di sebelah kanan-Nya.

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Seorang dari antara murid-murid Yesus, yaitu yang dikasihi oleh Yesus, bersandar di sebelah kanan-Nya.

Contextual Overview

¹⁸ I speake not of you all. I knowe whom I haue chosen. But that the scripture may be fulfylled: He that eateth bread with me, hath lyft vp his heele agaynst me. ¹⁹ Nowe tell I you before it come: that when it is come to passe, ye myght beleue that I am he. ²⁰ Ueryly, veryly, I say vnto you, he that receaueth whomsoeuer I sende, receaueth me: And he that receaueth me, receaueth hym that sent me. ²¹ When Iesus had thus sayde, he was troubled in spirite, and testified, & saide: Ueryly, veryly, I say vnto you, that one of you shall betray me. ²² Then the disciples loked one on another, doubtyng of whom he spake. ²³ There was one of Iesus disciples, leanyng on Iesus bosome, [euen he] whom Iesus loued. ²⁴ To hym beckened Simon Peter therfore, that he shoulde aske who it was of whom he spake. ²⁵ He then, when he leaned on Iesus brest, sayde vnto hym: Lorde, who is it? ²⁶ Iesus aunswered: He it is to whom I geue a sop when I haue dipped it. And he wet the sop, and gaue it to Iudas Iscariot, Simons sonne. ²⁷ And after the sop, Satan entred into hym. Then sayde Iesus vnto hym: That thou doest, do quickly.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

leaning: John 13:25, John 1:18, John 21:20, 2 Samuel 12:3

whom: John 11:3, John 11:5, John 11:36, John 19:26, John 20:2, John 21:7, John 21:24, Revelation 1:16-18

Reciprocal: Genesis 37:3 - loved 1 Kings 4:5 - the king's Song of Solomon 8:5 - leaning Daniel 10:11 - a man Matthew 10:2 - John Luke 16:22 - Abraham's Acts 1:13 - Peter Acts 3:1 - Peter Revelation 1:17 - I fell

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom,.... Not pressing upon that part of Christ's body, which would have been irreverent in John, and troublesome to Christ; but leaning at table upon his bed or couch, on which he lay; and which was next to, and just before Christ; so that he was very near unto, and seemed to lie in the bosom of Christ; as such are said to do, who sit next at table to another. The posture of the Jews at table, was either "sitting" or "lying", and a difference they make between these two;

"if, say they d, היו יושבין, "they sat" to eat everyone asked a blessing for himself; but if הסיבו, "they lay down", one asked a blessing for them all.''

This lying down was not on their backs, nor on their right side, but on their left; for they say e, that

"lying down on the back, is not called הסיבה, "lying down"; and lying on the right side, is not called lying down.''

And the reason given is f, because they have need of the right hand to eat with; but as they elsewhere g observe,

"they used to eat lying along, leaning on the left side, their feet to the ground, and every man on a single couch.''

Would you know the order in which they, lay, take the account as they have given it h;

"when there were but two couches, the principal person lay first, and the second to him above him; and when there were three, the principal person lay in the middle, the second to him above him, and the third below him; and if he would talk with him, he raised himself upright, and sitting upright he talked with him; that is, as the gloss explains it, if the principal person was desirous to talk with him that was second to him, he must raise himself up from his lying down, and sit upright; for all the white he is leaning, he cannot talk with him, because he that is second to him, is behind the head of the principal person, and the face of the principal person is turned to the other side; and it is better for the second to sit below him, that he may hear his words, whilst he is leaning.''

The form in which Christ and his disciples sat or lay at table, we may conceive was this i; a table was placed in the middle and as many beds or couches round it, as there were persons; Christ the principal and most worthy person lay first, with his head toward the table, his face somewhat turned from it, leaning on his left elbow upon the couch; in this posture lay Jesus, upon the first couch; in the same posture lay John, in the next to him, and just before him; the hinder part of his head being towards, and near the breast and bosom of Jesus; whence he is said to lean upon it: now to lie next to the principal person, was a very great honour, as well as a mark of great affection; and for John to lie next to Jesus, and as it were to lean on his bosom, showed how much he was respected and honoured by him; and therefore John modestly conceals his name, and only says,

one of his disciples whom Jesus loved; Christ, as the Son of God, and surety of his people, loved his true disciples, as he does all his elect, alike; not one more than the other; but as man, he had a particular affection for this disciple, and therefore admitted him near his person, and was very familiar with him.

d Misn. Beracot, c. 6. sect. 6. e T. Bab. Pesachim, fol. 108. 1. f Gloss in ib. g Gloss in T. Bab. Beracot, fol. 46. 2. & Bartenora in Misn. Beracot, c. 6. sect. 6. h T. Bab. Beracot, fol. 46. 2. i Vid. Alstorphium delectis veterum, p. 109, 110.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Leaning on Jesus’ bosom - This does not mean that he was at that time actually lying on his bosom, but that he occupied a situation next to him at the table, so that his head naturally fell back on his bosom when he spoke to him. See the notes at Matthew 23:6.

Whom Jesus loved - This was doubtless John himself. The evangelists are not accustomed to mention their own names when any mark of favor or any good deed is recorded. They did not seek publicity or notoriety. In this case the appellation is more tender and honorable than any mere name. John was admitted to special friendship, perhaps, because the natural disposition of our Saviour was more nearly like the amiableness and mildness of John than any of the other disciples (Robert Hall). The highest honor that can be conferred on any man is to say that Jesus loved him. Yet this is an honor which all may possess, but which none can inherit without his spirit and without loving him. It is an honor which cannot be won by wealth or learning, by beauty or accomplishments, by rank or earthly honors, but only by the possession of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price, 1 Peter 3:4; compare Romans 8:9.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 23. Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom — The Jews of those days, at their suppers, reclined, supported by their left arm, on couches placed round the table, as the Greeks and Romans did. On each couch there were two or three persons; and the head of one of them came near to the bosom of him who reclined above him on the same couch. The person here mentioned was John, the writer of this history, who, being more tenderly loved by Christ than the rest, had always that place at table which was nearest to his Lord.