And during supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray Him,
Parallel translations
- WEB During supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him,
- KJV And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him;
- BSB The evening meal was underway, and the devil had already put into the heart of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus.
- NKJV And supper being ended, the devil having already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray Him,
- NLT It was time for supper, and the devil had already prompted Judas, son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus.
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Quick answer
During supper, the devil had already prompted Judas to betray Jesus. It signals the dark spiritual conflict surrounding Christ's passion.
Overview
John names the betrayal's spiritual source: the devil's influence at work in Judas. Yet this evil unfolds within God's sovereign plan of redemption (cf. v. 1, 3). The verse heightens the contrast between Christ's self-giving love and the treachery and darkness that oppose Him.
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- Jas 1:13–17Let no man say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God,” for God can’t be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one.
- Acts 5:3But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
- Luke 22:3Satan entered into Judas, who was also called Iscariot, who was counted with the twelve.
- John 13:26–27Jesus therefore answered, “It is he to whom I will give this piece of bread when I have dipped it.” So when he had dipped the piece of bread, he gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot.
- John 6:70–71Jesus answered them, “Didn’t I choose you, the twelve, and one of you is a devil?”
- Luke 22:31The Lord said, “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have you, that he might sift you as wheat,
- Eph 2:3among whom we also all once lived in the lusts of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.
- 2 Cor 8:16But thanks be to God, who puts the same earnest care for you into the heart of Titus.
- Rev 17:17For God has put in their hearts to do what he has in mind, and to be of one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God should be accomplished.
- Ezra 7:27Blessed be Yahweh, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing as this in the king’s heart, to beautify Yahweh’s house which is in Jerusalem;
- Neh 2:12I arose in the night, I and a few men with me. I didn’t tell anyone what my God put into my heart to do for Jerusalem. There wasn’t any animal with me, except the animal that I rode on.
- John 13:4arose from supper, and laid aside his outer garments. He took a towel, and wrapped a towel around his waist.
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