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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Gill's Exposition
For some of them thought,.... This was the thought of some of the disciples, it may be of all of them but John;
because Judas had the bag: which was for the common supply of Christ and his…
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 traveling-bag in which they put their common property. See the notes at Joh…
Adam Clarke
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…
We have here the discovery of Judas's plot to betray his Master. Christ knew it from the beginning; but now first he discovered it to his disciples, who did not expect Christ should be betrayed,…
Cambridge Bible
For some of them Shewing that they could not have understood.
had the bag See on Joh 12:6.
against the feast This agrees with Joh 13:13, that this meal precedes the Passover.
to the poor Comp. Joh…
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