Mark 14:18

16 So the disciples left and went into the city, where they found everything as Jesus had described. And they prepared the Passover.

17 When evening came, Jesus arrived with the Twelve.

And while they were reclining and eating, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, one of you who is eating with Me will betray Me.”

19 They began to be grieved and to ask Him one after another, “Surely not I?”

20 He answered, “It is one of the Twelve—the one who is dipping his hand into the bowl with 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
And while they were reclining and eating, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, one of you who is eating with Me will betray Me.”
KJV
And as they sat and did eat, Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, One of you which eateth with me shall betray me.
WEB
As they sat and were eating, Jesus said, “Most certainly I tell you, one of you will betray me—he who eats with me.”
ASV
And as they sat and were eating, Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, One of you shall betray me, [even] he that eateth with me.
DARBY
And as they lay at table and were eating, Jesus said, Verily I say to you, One of you shall deliver me up; he who is eating with me.
BLB
And [in] their reclining and eating, Jesus said, “Truly I say to you⁺ that one of you⁺ who is eating with Me will betray Me.”
ÅB
Og mens de satt til bords og spiste, sa Jesus: Sannelig sier jeg dere: En av dere skal forråde meg, den som spiser med meg.
OTB
Mens de lå til bords og spiste, sa Jesus: "Sannelig sier jeg dere, en av dere vil forråde meg—en som spiser med meg."
B1930
Og mens de satt til bords og åt, sa Jesus: Sannelig sier jeg eder: En av eder skal forråde mig, den som eter med 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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  • John 6:47

    Truly, truly, I tell you, he who believes has eternal life.

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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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  • Matthew 6:5

    And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.

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  • Mark 6:11

    If anyone will not welcome you or listen to you, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that place, as a testimony against them.”

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  • Mark 3:28

    Truly I tell you, the sons of men will be forgiven all sins and blasphemies, as many as they utter.

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  • Mark 10:29

    “Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for My sake and for the gospel

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  • Mark 9:1

    Then Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God arrive with power.”

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