John 13:18

The Announcement of Jesus’ Betrayal

13:18 “What I am saying does not refer to all of you. I know the ones I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the scripture, ¹  ‘The one who eats my bread ²  has turned against me.’ ³ 

John 18:9

18:9 He said this ⁴  to fulfill the word he had spoken, ⁵  “I have not lost a single one of those whom you gave me.” ⁶ 

Luke 4:26-27

4:26 Yet ⁷  Elijah was sent to none of them, but only to a woman who was a widow at Zarephath in Sidon. ⁸  4:27 And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, ⁹  yet ¹⁰  none of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian.” ¹¹ 

Luke 4:1

The Temptation of Jesus

4:1 Then ¹²  Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan River ¹³  and was led by the Spirit ¹⁴  in ¹⁵  the wilderness, ¹⁶ 

Luke 2:19

2:19 But Mary treasured up all these words, pondering in her heart what they might mean. ¹⁷ 

[13:18]  ¹ tn Grk “But so that the scripture may be fulfilled.”

[13:18]  ² tn Or “The one who shares my food.”

[13:18]  ³ tn Or “has become my enemy”; Grk “has lifted up his heel against me.” The phrase “to lift up one’s heel against someone” reads literally in the Hebrew of Ps 41 “has made his heel great against me.” There have been numerous interpretations of this phrase, but most likely it is an idiom meaning “has given me a great fall,” “has taken cruel advantage of me,” or “has walked out on me.” Whatever the exact meaning of the idiom, it clearly speaks of betrayal by a close associate. See E. F. F. Bishop, “‘He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me’ – Jn xiii.18 (Ps xli.9),” ExpTim 70 (1958-59): 331-33.

[18:9]  ⁴ tn The words “He said this” are not in the Greek text, but are implied. There is an ellipsis in the Greek text that must be supplied for the modern English reader at this point.

[18:9]  ⁵ sn This expression is similar to John 6:39 and John 17:12.

[18:9]  ⁶ tn Grk “Of the ones whom you gave me, I did not lose one of them.” The order of the clauses has been rearranged to reflect contemporary English style.

[4:26]  ⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “yet” to indicate the contrast.

[4:26]  ⁸ sn Zarephath in Sidon was Gentile territory (see 1 Kgs 17:9-24). Jesus’ point was that he would be forced to minister elsewhere, and the implication is that this ministry would ultimately extend (through the work of his followers) to those outside the nation.

[4:27]  ⁹ sn On Elisha see 2 Kgs 5:1-14.

[4:27]  ¹⁰ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “yet” to indicate the contrast.

[4:27]  ¹¹ sn The reference to Naaman the Syrian (see 2 Kgs 5:1-24) is another example where an outsider and Gentile was blessed. The stress in the example is the missed opportunity of the people to experience God’s work, but it will still go on without them.

[4:1]  ¹² tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “then” to indicate continuity with the previous topic.

[4:1]  ¹³ tn “River” is not in the Greek text but is supplied for clarity.

[4:1]  ¹⁴ sn The double mention of the Spirit in this verse makes it clear that the temptation was neither the fault of Jesus nor an accident.

[4:1]  ¹⁵ tc Most mss (A Θ Ξ Ψ 0102 Ë^1,13 33 Ï lat) read εἰς τὴν ἔρημον (ei" thn erhmon, “into the wilderness”), apparently motivated by the parallel in Matt 4:1. However, the reading behind the translation (ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, en th ejrhmw) is found in overall better witnesses (Ì^4vid,7,75vid א B D L W 579 892 1241 pc it).

[4:1]  ¹⁶ tn Or “desert.”

[2:19]  ¹⁷ tn The term συμβάλλουσα (sumballousa) suggests more than remembering. She is trying to put things together here (Josephus, Ant. 2.5.3 [2.72]). The words “what they might mean” have been supplied in the translation to make this clear. Direct objects were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context.