John 16:32

16:32 Look, a time ¹  is coming – and has come – when you will be scattered, each one to his own home, ²  and I will be left alone. ³  Yet ⁴  I am not alone, because my Father ⁵  is with me.

John 13:26

13:26 Jesus replied, ⁶  “It is the one to whom I will give this piece of bread ⁷  after I have dipped it in the dish.” ⁸  Then he dipped the piece of bread in the dish ⁹  and gave it to Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son.

[16:32]  ¹ tn Grk “an hour.”

[16:32]  ² tn Grk “each one to his own”; the word “home” is not in the Greek text but is implied. The phrase “each one to his own” may be completed in a number of different ways: “each one to his own property”; “each one to his own family”; or “each one to his own home.” The last option seems to fit most easily into the context and so is used in the translation.

[16:32]  ³ sn The proof of Jesus’ negative evaluation of the disciples’ faith is now given: Jesus foretells their abandonment of him at his arrest, trials, and crucifixion (I will be left alone). This parallels the synoptic accounts in Matt 26:31 and Mark 14:27 when Jesus, after the last supper and on the way to Gethsemane, foretold the desertion of the disciples as a fulfillment of Zech 13:7: “Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.” Yet although the disciples would abandon Jesus, he reaffirmed that he was not alone, because the Father was still with him.

[16:32]  ⁴ tn Grk “And” (but with some contrastive force).

[16:32]  ⁵ tn Grk “the Father.”

[13:26]  ⁶ tn Grk “Jesus answered.”

[13:26]  ⁷ sn The piece of bread was a broken-off piece of bread (not merely a crumb).

[13:26]  ⁸ tn Grk “after I have dipped it.” The words “in the dish” are not in the Greek text, but the presence of a bowl or dish is implied.

[13:26]  ⁹ tn The words “in the dish” are not in the Greek text, but the presence of a bowl or dish is implied.