28 Now no man at the table knew for what intent he spake this unto him.

Other Translations of John 13:28

New International Version

28 But no one at the meal understood why Jesus said this to him.

English Standard Version

28 Now no one at the table knew why he said this to him.

The Message

28 No one around the supper table knew why he said this to him.

New King James Version

28 But no one at the table knew for what reason He said this to him.

New Living Translation

28 None of the others at the table knew what Jesus meant.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on John 13:28

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.