John 13:29
For some of them thought, because Judas kept the purse, that Jesus said to him, Buy what things we have need of against the feast: or that he should give something to the poor.
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
In Context
28But none of those that sat at table knew wherefore He said this to him.
30He therefore, when he had taken the sop, immediately went out. And it was night.
Cross References
John 12:5Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence and given to the poor?
Acts 20:34and ye yourselves know that these hands have ministred to my necessities, and to those that were with me.
Ephesians 4:28Let him that stole steal no more; but rather let him labour, doing some good with his hands, that he may have something to bestow on him that hath need of it.
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 →