John 13:30

30 So [after he] had taken the piece of bread, he went out immediately. And it was night.

John 13:30 Meaning and Commentary

John 13:30

He then having, received the sop
As soon as ever he received it, he

went immediately out;
fearing lest an entire discovery should be made, and he be prevented accomplishing his design; or being more violently stirred up to it by, Satan, who after the sop entered into him, he directly went from Bethany to Jerusalem, to the chief priests, there, in order to consult and agree upon the delivery of him into their hands:

and it was night;
this circumstance is added, to show how eagerly he was bent upon it; that though it was night, it did not hinder or discourage him from setting out on his journey to Jerusalem; and as this was a work of darkness, the night was the fittest time for it, and was a proper emblem of the blackness of the crime he was going to perpetrate.

John 13:30 In-Context

28 (Now no one of those reclining at table knew for what [reason] he said this to him.
29 For some were thinking because Judas had the money box, Jesus was telling him, "Purchase {what we need} for the feast," or that he should give something to the poor.)
30 So [after he] had taken the piece of bread, he went out immediately. And it was night.
31 Then, when he had gone out, Jesus said, "Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in him.
32 If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and will glorify him immediately.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. *Here "[after]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("had taken") which is understood as temporal
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