22:21 “But look, the hand of the one who betrays 1 me is with me on the table. 2
22:28 “You are the ones who have remained 3 with me in my trials.
1 sn The one who betrays me. Jesus knows about Judas and what he has done.
2 sn The point of Jesus’ comment here is not to identify the specific individual per se, but to indicate that it is one who was close to him – somebody whom no one would suspect. His comment serves to heighten the treachery of Judas’ betrayal.
3 tn Or “continued” (L&N 34.3). Jesus acknowledges the disciples’ faithfulness.
5 tn Grk “he.”
6 tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”
7 sn Jesus gives more than the criminal asked for, because the blessing will come today, not in the future. He will be among the righteous. See the note on today in 2:11.
8 sn In the NT, paradise is mentioned three times. Here it refers to the abode of the righteous dead. In Rev 2:7 it refers to the restoration of Edenic paradise predicted in Isa 51:3 and Ezek 36:35. In 2 Cor 12:4 it probably refers to the “third heaven” (2 Cor 12:2) as the place where God dwells.