John 13:18

I am not speaking about all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the Scripture: ‘The one who shares My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.’

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Jesus speaks to his disciples at the Last Supper, after the foot-washing and before naming the betrayer (John 13:21–27). He narrows his address from the whole group to a single individual.

The words — οἶδα (oida, "I know") marks settled, personal knowledge rather than mere awareness; paired with τίνας (tinas, "whom"), it sets a definite few against the indefinite "all" (πάντων) in the same sentence.

The thread — The quotation is Psalm 41:9; the Synoptic parallel is Matthew 26:23, where "dipping his hand" replaces "sharing bread." John 17:12 records the outcome: Jesus preserved all the chosen except the one.

Why it lands — Jesus already knew, and he still set the bread before the betrayer. The verse asks the reader to hold two facts at once: that betrayal was foreseen, and that the meal was still offered.

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The Greek words

King James Version

I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.

Cross-references

Psalms 41:9 Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
Matthew 26:23 Jesus answered, “The one who has dipped his hand into the bowl with Me will betray Me.
John 17:12 While I was with them, I protected and preserved them by Your name, the name You gave Me. Not one of them has been lost, except the son of destruction, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled.
Mark 14:20 He answered, “It is one of the Twelve—the one who is dipping his hand into the bowl with Me.
John 13:26 Jesus answered, “It is the one to whom I give this morsel after I have dipped it.” Then He dipped the morsel and gave it to Judas son of Simon Iscariot.
John 13:10 Jesus told him, “Whoever has already bathed needs only to wash his feet, and he will be completely clean. And you are clean, though not all of you.”
John 6:70 Jesus answered them, “Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!”
John 15:19 If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.
Matthew 10:36 A man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’
John 15:16 You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.