John 13:23
Now there was of his disciples one who reclined on his bosom; he whom Jeshu loved.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
Now there was leaning on Jesus’ bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved.
In Context
22But the disciples looked one on the other, because they knew not concerning whom he spake.
24To this signed Shemun Kipha that he would ask of whom it was that he spake.
Cross References
John 1:18ALOHA no man hath ever seen: the one-begotten God, he who is in the bosom of his Father, he hath declared him.
John 11:5But Jeshu loved Martha and Mariam and Loozar.
John 13:25And that disciple fell upon the bosom of Jeshu, and said to him, My Lord, who is this?
John 20:2And she saw the stone that it was taken from the sepulchre. And she ran, and came to Shemun Kipha, and to that other disciple, whom Jeshu loved, saying to them, They have taken away our Lord from that house of burial, and I know not where they have laid him.
John 21:20AND Shemun turned, and saw the disciple whom Jeshu loved following; he, who leaned at the supper upon the bosom of Jeshu, and said, My Lord, who is he that betrayeth thee?
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 →