God’s Word Translation
Mark 14:18
18While they were at the table eating, Jesus said, “I can guarantee this truth: One of you is going to betray me, one who is eating with me!”
Mark 14:18 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And as they sat and did eat, Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, One of you which eateth with me shall betray me.
- New International Version (NIV)While they were reclining at the table eating, he said, “Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me—one who is eating with me.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)And as they were reclining at table and eating, Jesus said, "Truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me, one who is eating with me."
- New King James Version (NKJV)Now as they sat and ate, Jesus said, “Assuredly, I say to you, one of you who eats with Me will betray Me.”
Context of Mark 14:18
16The disciples left. They went into the city and found everything as Jesus had told them. So they prepared the Passover. 17When evening came, Jesus arrived with the twelve apostles. While they were at the table eating, Jesus said, “I can guarantee this truth: One of you is going to betray me, one who is eating with me!” 19Feeling hurt, they asked him one by one, “You don’t mean me, do you?” 20He said to them, “It’s one of you twelve, someone dipping his hand into the bowl with me.
Read all of Mark 14Mark 14:18 word by word
καὶ ἀνακειμένων αὐτῶν καὶ ἐσθιόντων ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν· ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι εἷς ἐξ ὑμῶν παραδώσει με, ὁ ἐσθίων μετ᾽ ἐμοῦ.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Andκαίkai · andG2532
- as theyαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- satἀνάκειμαιanakeimai · to reclineG345
- did eatἐσθίωesthiō · to eatG2068
- Jesusὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
- saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
- Verilyἀμήνamēn · amenG281
- I sayλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
- unto youσύsu · youG4771
- ·ὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
- Oneεἷςheis · oneG1520
- ofἐκek ex · out fromG1537
- withμετάmeta · with/afterG3326
- meἐγώegō · I/weG1473
- shall betrayπαραδίδωμιparadidōmi · to deliverG3860
Cross-references for Mark 14:18
- Matthew 26:21While they were eating, he said, “I can guarantee this truth: One of you is going to betray me.”
- Mark 14:9I can guarantee this truth: Wherever the Good News is spoken in the world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.”
- Mark 3:28“I can guarantee this truth: People will be forgiven for any sin or curse.
- Mark 6:11Wherever people don’t welcome you or listen to you, leave and shake the dust from your feet as a warning to them.”
- Mark 8:12With a deep sigh he asked, “Why do these people demand a sign? I can guarantee this truth: If these people are given a sign, it will be far different than what they want!”
- Mark 9:1He said to them, “I can guarantee this truth: Some people who are standing here will not die until they see God’s kingdom arrive with power.”
- Mark 10:15I can guarantee this truth: Whoever doesn’t receive God’s kingdom as a little child receives it will never enter it.”
- Matthew 5:18I can guarantee this truth: Until the earth and the heavens disappear, neither a period nor a comma will disappear from the Scriptures before everything has come true.
- Matthew 6:2So when you give to the poor, don’t announce it with trumpet fanfare. This is what hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets in order to be praised by people. I can guarantee this truth: That will be their only reward.
- Luke 4:24Then Jesus added, “I can guarantee this truth: A prophet isn’t accepted in his hometown.
- Luke 11:51This includes the murders from Abel to Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the temple. Yes, I can guarantee this truth: The people living today will be held responsible for this.
- John 1:51Jesus said to Nathanael, “I can guarantee this truth: You will see the sky open and God’s angels going up and coming down to the Son of Man.”
- John 3:3Jesus replied to Nicodemus, “I can guarantee this truth: No one can see God’s kingdom without being born from above.”
- John 5:19Jesus said to the Jews, “I can guarantee this truth: The Son cannot do anything on his own. He can do only what he sees the Father doing. Indeed, the Son does exactly what the Father does.
- John 6:26Jesus replied to them, “I can guarantee this truth: You’re not looking for me because you saw miracles. You are looking for me because you ate as much of those loaves as you wanted.
- John 13:38Jesus replied, “Will you give your life for me? I can guarantee this truth: No rooster will crow until you say three times that you don’t know me.
Commentaries on Mark 14:18
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17-31Verses 17-31 See this passage explained in the notes at Mark 14:31 More vehemently - More earnestly, more confidently.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-21Verses 12-21 Nothing could be less the result of human foresight than the events here related. But our Lord knows all things about us before they come to pass. If we admit him, he will dwell in our hearts. The Son of man goes, as it is written of him, as a lamb to the slaughter; but woe to that man by whom he is betrayed! God's permitting the sins of men, and bringing glory to himself out of them, does not oblige them to sin; nor will this be any excuse…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18while they were reclining: the Passover meal was eaten while reclining, as was common at banquet meals. During the meal, someone (usually the youngest son) would ask the host, “Why is this night different from other nights?” The father or host would then tell the stories of the Passover and the exodus from Egypt (Deuteronomy 26:5–9). The foods in the Passover meal had symbolic meaning: The Passover lamb reminded the people of the blood of the sacrificial…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Mark 14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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