John 13:18

¹⁶ Truly, truly, I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.

¹⁷ If you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.

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.’

¹⁹ I am telling you now before it happens, so that when it comes to pass, you will believe that I am He.

²⁰ Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever receives the one I send receives Me, and whoever receives Me receives the One who sent Me.”

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: 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.’
KJV: I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.
WEB: I don’t speak concerning all of you. I know whom I have chosen; but that the Scripture may be fulfilled, ‘He who eats bread with me has lifted up his heel against me.’
ASV: I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled: He that eateth my bread lifted up his heel against me.
DARBY: I speak not of you all. I know those whom I have chosen; but that the scripture might be fulfilled, He that eats bread with me has lifted up his heel against me.
BLB: I speak not about all of you⁺—I know whom I chose—but so that the Scripture may be fulfilled: ‘The one eating My bread lifted up his heel against Me.’

ÅB: Ikke om dere alle taler jeg; jeg vet hvem jeg har utvalgt; men Skriften skulle oppfylles: Den som spiser sitt brød med meg, har løftet sin hæl mot meg.
OTB: Jeg taler ikke om dere alle. Jeg vet hvem jeg har utvalgt. Men dette er for å oppfylle Skriften: ‘Den som spiser mitt brød, har løftet sin hæl mot meg.’
B1930: Ikke om eder alle taler jeg; jeg vet hvem jeg har utvalgt; men Skriften skulde opfylles: Den som eter sitt brød med mig, har løftet sin hæl mot mig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Psalms 41:9
Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
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Matthew 26:23
Jesus answered, “The one who has dipped his hand into the bowl with Me will betray Me.
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John 17:12
While I was with them, I protected and preserved them by Your name, the name You gave Me. Not one of them has been lost, except the son of destruction, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled.
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Mark 14:20
He answered, “It is one of the Twelve—the one who is dipping his hand into the bowl with Me.
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John 13:26
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.
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John 13:10–11
Jesus told him, “Whoever has already bathed needs only to wash his feet, and he will be completely clean. And you are clean, though not all of you.”
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John 6:70
Jesus answered them, “Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!”
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John 15:19
If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.
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