John 13:18

“I am not speaking about all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But it is so that the Scripture may be fulfilled, ‘The one who eats my bread has lifted up his heel against me.’”

John 13:18 · direct translation from the Greek
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Quotation · Psalms 41:9

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Jesus quotes the second half of Psalm 41:9. He does not quote “the man of my peace, in whom I trusted.”

Formula: ἀλλ’ ἵνα ἡ γραφὴ πληρωθῇ “but it is so that the Scripture may be fulfilled” (John 13:18)

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Greek of the New Testament: οὐ περὶ πάντων ὑμῶν λέγω ἐγὼ οἶδα τίνας ἐξελεξάμην ἀλλ’ ἵνα ἡ γραφὴ πληρωθῇ Ὁ τρώγων μου τὸν ἄρτον ἐπῆρεν ἐπ’ ἐμὲ τὴν πτέρναν αὐτοῦ

Hebrew (Masoretic text): גַּם אִישׁ שְׁלוֹמִי אֲשֶׁר בָּטַחְתִּי בוֹ אוֹכֵל לַחְמִי הִגְדִּיל עָלַי עָקֵב

Septuagint (Psalms 40:10 in the Septuagint numbering): καὶ γὰρ ὁ ἄνθρωπος τῆς εἰρήνης μου, ἐφʼ ὃν ἤλπισα, ὁ ἐσθίων ἄρτους μου, ἐμεγάλυνεν ἐπʼ ἐμὲ πτερνισμόν.

In the Septuagint verse that most resembles it, no two consecutive words match the Greek of the NT. The transcription has reading errors, so a match may not show.

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

John 13:18, word by word

speakingλέγωlegō

mean

To mean, refer to something.

Where else “legō” appears
knowοἶδαoida

know

To hold a fact as certain, to be aware of it.

Where else “oida” appears
I have chosenἐξελεξάμηνexelexamēn

choose

Choose, select.

Where else “exelexamēn” appears
the Scriptureγραφὴgraphē

Scripture

Scripture: the sacred text; "the Scriptures", the Old Testament.

Where else “graphē” appears
may be fulfilledπληρωθῇplērōthēi

be fulfilled

For what was foretold to come true.

Where else “plērōthēi” appears
eatsτρώγωνtrōgōn

eat, chew

Eat, chew.

Where else “trōgōn” appears
breadἄρτονarton

bread

A piece of baked bread made from flour: the basic food.

Where else “arton” appears
has lifted upἐπῆρενepēren

lift up

To hold something high: eyes, hands, voice.

Where else “epēren” appears
his heelπτέρνανpternan

heel

Heel; "lift the heel against someone" means to betray him.

Where else “pternan” appears

Translation note

Psalm 41:9.

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Quotation · Psalms 41:9

Jesus quotes the second half of Psalm 41:9. He does not quote “the man of my peace, in whom I trusted.”

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John 13:18

18I am not speaking about all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But it is so that the Scripture may be fulfilled, ‘The one who eats my bread has lifted up his heel against me.’

Psalms 41:9

9Even the man of my peace, in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has made great against me the heel.

The context

17If you know these things, happy are you if you do them.

18 · This verse (above)

19From now on I am telling you before it happens, so that when it does happen you may believe that I am.

Read all of John 13

To study John 13 in a group

  1. 1. What it says

    What does Jesus do during the supper, what does he answer Peter when he resists, and what does he ask of them all? (vv. 4-15)

  2. 2. What it means

    Jesus gives a new commandment: to love one another as he has loved them (v. 34). What does his washing of their feet show about that love?

  3. 3. How I live it

    Jesus says, “I have given you an example” (v. 15). Whom could you serve today with a simple gesture, without being asked?

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