John 13:29
Some thought that, as Judas kept the purse, Jesus meant that he was to buy some things needed for the Festival, or to give something to the poor.
Twentieth Century New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
28But no one at table understood why he said this to Judas.
30After taking the piece of bread, Judas went out immediately; and it was night.
Cross References
John 12:5“Why was not this perfume sold for thirty pounds, and the money given to poor people?”
Acts 20:34You, yourselves, know that these hands of mine provided not only for my own wants, but for my companions also.
Ephesians 4:28Let the man who steals steal no longer, but rather let him toil with his hands at honest work, so that he may have something to share with any one in want.
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 →