John 13:24
Simon Peter motioned to me to indicate that I should ask Jesus whom he was talking about.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, that he should ask who it should be of whom he spake.
In Context
23I, the man other people call ‘the one Jesus loved’, was sitting very close to Jesus.
25So I leaned close to Jesus and asked him, “Lord, who is it?”
Cross References
Luke 5:7They motioned to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. So they came and filled both the boats with fish from the net. The result was that the boats were so full that they began to sink.
Acts 13:16So Paul stood up and motioned with his right hand so that the people would listen to him. Then he said, “Fellow Israelis and you non-Jewish people who also worship God, please listen to me!
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 →