23 One of them, the disciple whom Jesus loved, was reclining next to him.
23 Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved.
23 One of his disciples, whom Jesus loved, was reclining at table close to Jesus,
23 One of the disciples, the one Jesus loved dearly, was reclining against him, his head on his shoulder.
23 Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of His disciples, whom Jesus loved.
23 The disciple Jesus loved was sitting next to Jesus at the table.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on John 13:23
Commentary on John 13:18-30
(Read John 13:18-30)
Our Lord had often spoken of his own sufferings and death, without such trouble of spirit as he now discovered when he spake of Judas. The sins of Christians are the grief of Christ. We are not to confine our attention to Judas. The prophecy of his treachery may apply to all who partake of God's mercies, and meet them with ingratitude. See the infidel, who only looks at the Scriptures with a desire to do away their authority and destroy their influence; the hypocrite, who professes to believe the Scriptures, but will not govern himself by them; and the apostate, who turns aside from Christ for a thing of naught. Thus mankind, supported by God's providence, after eating bread with Him, lift up the heel against Him! Judas went out as one weary of Jesus and his apostles. Those whose deeds are evil, love darkness rather than light.