John 13:23
Now there was reclining on Jesus' bosom one of His disciples, the one whom Jesus loved.
English Majority Text (NT)
In The King James Version
Now there was leaning on Jesus’ bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved.
In Context
22Therefore the disciples were looking at one another, perplexed about whom He was speaking.
24Simon Peter therefore motioned to him to inquire who it might be about whom He was speaking.
Cross References
John 1:18No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has revealed Him. 1 The Witness of John the Baptist
John 11:5Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
John 13:25Then, leaning back thus on Jesus' chest, he said to Him, “Lord, who is it?”
John 20:2Therefore she ran and came to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid Him.”
John 21:20Then Peter, turning around, saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following, who also had reclined on His chest at the supper, and said, “Lord, who is the one who betrays You?”
Matthew Henry on John 13:19-31
The Treachery of Judas Foretold; The Anxiety of the Disciples. 18 I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me. 19 Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he. 20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me. 21 When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and… Read the whole commentary →