John 13 · Verse 29

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.
John 13:29, King James Version

John 13:29 in other translations

BSBSince Judas kept the money bag, some thought that Jesus was telling him to buy what was needed for the feast, or to give something to the poor.
WEBFor some thought, because Judas had the money box, that Jesus said to him, “Buy what things we need for the feast,” or that he should give something to the poor.
ASVFor some thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus said unto him, Buy what things we have need of for the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor.
YLTfor certain were thinking, since Judas had the bag, that Jesus saith to him, ‘Buy what we have need of for the feast;' or that he may give something to the poor;
DARBYfor some supposed, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus was saying to him, Buy the things of which we have need for the feast; or that he should give something to the poor.
BBESome were of the opinion that because Judas kept the money-bag Jesus said to him, Get the things we have need of for the feast; or, that he was to give something to the poor.
WebsterFor some of them thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus had said to him, Buy those things that we have need of against the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor.

What does John 13:29 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
Verse 29.

(t) "Judas" Jn 12:6

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 29 Buy those things that we have need of against the feast - Calmet's observation here has weight so it. "The disciples who thought that our Lord had said this to Judas, knew well that on the day of the passover there was neither buying nor selling in Jerusalem. This, therefore, did not happen on the paschal evening; for the feast, according to the common opinion, must have begun the preceding evening, and Jesus have eaten the passover with his disciples the night before his death; but it appears to me, by the whole text of St. John, that the passover did not begin till the time in which our Lord expired upon the cross. It was then that they were sacrificing the paschal lambs in the temple. It is therefore probable that the apostles believed that Judas went to purchase a lamb, and the other necessary things for the evening, and for the day of the Passover." On this subject the reader is requested to consult the observations at the end of Matthew 26, where the subject is considered at large. Give something to the poor - It is well known that our Lord and his disciples lived on public charity; and yet they gave alms out of what they had thus received. From this we learn that even those who live on charity themselves are expected to divide a little with those who are in deeper distress and want.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · 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 13:29 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.

τινὲςtinesSomeG5100
γὰρgarforG1063
ἐδόκουν,edokounwere thinking,G1380
ἐπεὶepeisinceG1893
τὸtotheG3588
γλωσσόκομονglōssokomonmoney bagG1101
εἶχενeichenhadG2192
Ἰούδας,IoudasJudas,G2455
ὅτιhotiforG3754
λέγειlegeiis sayingG3004
αὐτῷautōto himG846
ὁho<the>G3588
Ἰησοῦς·IēsousJesus;G2424
ἀγόρασονagorasondo buyG59
ὧνhōnwhat thingsG3739
χρείανchreianneed [of]G5532
ἔχομενechomenwe haveG2192
εἰςeisforG1519
τὴνtēntheG3588
ἑορτήν,he'ortēnfeast,G1859
ἢēorG2228
τοῖςtoisto theG3588
πτωχοῖςptōchoispoorG4434
ἵναinathatG2443
τιtisomethingG5100
δῷ.dōhe may give.G1325

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

Cross references for John 13:29

  • Acts 20:34-35

    Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me. I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

  • John 12:5-6

    Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor? This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.

  • Ephesians 4:28

    Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.

  • John 13:1

    Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.

  • Galatians 2:10

    Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
that.
12:5; Ac 20:34,35; Ga 2:10; Eph 4:28

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 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.

  • John 13:30

    He then having received the sop went immediately out: and it was night.

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John 13:29 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Porque los unos pensaban, porque Judas tenía la bolsa, que Jesús le decía: Compra lo que necesitamos para la fiesta: ó, que diese algo á los pobres.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
car quelques-uns pensaient que, puisque Judas avait la bourse, Jésus lui avait dit: Achète ce dont nous avons besoin pour la fête; ou, qu’il donne quelque chose aux pauvres.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Denn etliche meinten, weil Judas die Kasse hatte, daß Jesus zu ihm sage: Kaufe, was wir für das Fest bedürfen, oder daß er den Armen etwas geben solle.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Quidam enim putabant, quia loculos habebat Judas, quod dixisset ei Jesus: Eme ea quæ opus sunt nobis ad diem festum: aut egenis ut aliquid daret.