John 13 · Verse 28

John 13:28

Now no man at the table knew for what intent he spake this unto him.
John 13:28, King James Version

John 13:28 in other translations

BSBBut no one at the table knew why Jesus had said this to him.
WEBNow nobody at the table knew why he said this to him.
ASVNow no man at the table knew for what intent he spake this unto him.
YLTand none of those reclining at meat knew for what intent he said this to him,
DARBYBut none of those at table knew why he said this to him;
BBENow it was not clear to anyone at table why he said this to him.
WebsterNow no man at the table knew for what intent he spoke this to him.

What does John 13:28 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 13:27-30

27-30. after the sop Satan entered into him--Very solemn are these brief hints of the successive steps by which Judas reached the climax of his guilt. "The devil had already put it into his heart to betray his Lord." Yet who can tell what struggles he went through ere he brought himself to carry that suggestion into effect? Even after this, however, his compunctions were not at an end. With the thirty pieces of…

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Barnes' Notes
Verses 28,29. No man at the table knew. This shows that Jesus had signified to John only who it was that should betray him.

The bag. The travelling-bag in which they put their common property. Jn 12:6.

Have need of against the feast. The feast continued seven days, and they supposed that Jesus had directed him to make preparation for their wants on those days.

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on John 13:18-30

Our Lord had often spoken of his own sufferings and death, without such trouble of spirit as he now discovered when he spake of Judas. The sins of Christians are the grief of Christ. We are not to confine our attention to Judas. The prophecy of his treachery may apply to all who partake of God's mercies, and meet them with ingratitude. See the infidel, who only looks at the Scriptures with a desire to do away their…

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John 13:28 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

τοῦτοtoutoThisG3778
δὲdenowG1161
οὐδεὶςoudeisno [one]G3762
ἔγνωegnōknewG1097
τῶνtōnof thoseG3588
ἀνακειμένωνanakeimenōnrecliningG345
πρὸςprostoG4314
τίtiwhatG5101
εἶπενeipenHe spokeG2036
αὐτῷ.autōto him.G846

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Context

  • John 13:27

    And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly.

  • John 13:28

    Now no man at the table knew for what intent he spake this unto him.

  • John 13:29

    For some of them thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus had said unto him, Buy those things that we have need of against the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor.

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John 13:28 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Mas ninguno de los que estaban á la mesa entendió á qué propósito le dijo esto.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Mais aucun de ceux qui étaient à table ne comprit pourquoi il lui avait dit cela;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Keiner aber von den zu Tische Liegenden verstand, wozu er ihm dies sagte.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Hoc autem nemo scivit discumbentium ad quid dixerit ei.