Joh 13:18 | TNotes | STEP | 13:18 I am not saying these things to all of you: The subject of Judas’s betrayal enters the story for the third time (13:2 , 11 ). The matter weighed heavily on Jesus (13:21 ). • I know the ones I have chosen: The statement does not imply that Jesus chose only the eleven and that Judas was an outcast. Jesus chose Judas and gave him every opportunity to believe. He realized that Judas had embraced the darkness rather than the light (6:70 ). • The one who eats my food has turned against me (literally has lifted his heel against me ): Eating together was a cultural symbol of personal intimacy, which made Judas’s betrayal all the more treacherous.

‏ John 13:18

13:18 ^a I am not saying these things to all of you: The subject of Judas’s betrayal enters the story for the third time (13:2 ^b, 11 ^c). The matter weighed heavily on Jesus (13:21 ^d).

• I know the ones I have chosen: The statement does not imply that Jesus chose only the eleven and that Judas was an outcast. Jesus chose Judas and gave him every opportunity to believe. He realized that Judas had embraced the darkness rather than the light (6:70 ^e).

• The one who eats my food has turned against me (literally has lifted his heel against me): Eating together was a cultural symbol of personal intimacy, which made Judas’s betrayal all the more treacherous.