King James Version
John 13:25 in the King James Version says “He then lying on Jesus' breast saith unto him, Lord, who is it?” — study this verse from John chapter 13 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“He then lying on Jesus' breast saith unto him, Lord, who is it?”
John 13:25 · KJV
Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved.
Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, that he should ask who it should be of whom he spake.
He then lying on Jesus' breast saith unto him, Lord, who is it?
Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon. sop: or, morsel
And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly.
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“lying on”
G1968to embrace (with affection) or seize (with more or less violence; literally or figuratively)
properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e., over, upon, etc.; of re
“Jesus”
G2424jesus (i.e., jehoshua), the name of our lord and two (three) other israelites
“saith”
G3004properly, to "lay" forth, i.e., (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas g2036 and g5346 generally refer to an
“unto him”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“Lord”
G2962supreme in authority, i.e., (as noun) controller; by implication, master (as a respectful title)
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