After Jesus had said this, He became troubled in spirit and testified, “Truly, truly, I tell you, one of you will betray Me.”
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- WEB When Jesus had said this, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, “Most certainly I tell you that one of you will betray me.”
- KJV When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.
- NKJV When Jesus had said these things, He was troubled in spirit, and testified and said, “Most assuredly, I say to you, one of you will betray Me.”
- NASB When Jesus had said these things, He became troubled in spirit, and testified and said, “Truly, truly I say to you that one of you will betray Me.”
- NLT Now Jesus was deeply troubled, and he exclaimed, “I tell you the truth, one of you will betray me!”
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Deeply troubled, Jesus solemnly declares that one of them will betray Him. It reveals His genuine grief over the betrayal even as He moves toward the cross.
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Jesus is troubled in spirit, showing His real human emotion in the face of treachery. His direct announcement of the betrayal heightens the drama of the upper room. The verse displays Christ's full humanity and the deep cost of being handed over by one of His own.
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Cross-references · 16
- John 13:18I am not speaking about all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the Scripture: ‘The one who shares My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.’
- Matt 26:21And while they were eating, He said to them, “Truly I tell you, one of you will betray Me.”
- Mark 14:18And while they were reclining and eating, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, one of you who is eating with Me will betray Me.”
- 2 Cor 2:12–13Now when I went to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ and a door stood open for me in the Lord,
- John 12:27Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? No, it is for this purpose that I have come to this hour.
- Acts 1:16–17“Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled which the Holy Spirit foretold through the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide for those who arrested Jesus.
- Luke 22:21–22Look! The hand of My betrayer is with Mine on the table.
- Matt 26:38Then He said to them, “My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with Me.”
- John 11:33When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, He was deeply moved in spirit and troubled.
- John 13:2The evening meal was underway, and the devil had already put into the heart of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus.
- 1 Jn 2:19They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their departure made it clear that none of them belonged to us.
- John 11:35Jesus wept.
- Rom 9:2–3I have deep sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.
- John 11:38Jesus, once again deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance.
- Mark 3:5Jesus looked around at them with anger and sorrow at their hardness of heart. Then He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out, and it was restored.
- Acts 17:16While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was deeply disturbed in his spirit to see that the city was full of idols.
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