Yea, mine own familiar friend
Or, "the man of my peace" {z}; who did live peaceably with him,
and ought always to have done so; whom he treated as his friend,
as the rest of the apostles; calling him to that high office, and
ordaining him to it, and qualifying him for it; and whom he
called by the name of friend, when he came to betray him; Judas
is meant;
in whom I trusted;
with the bag and the money in it, both for the sustenance of his
own family, the apostles, and for the relief of the poor, (
John 12:6 ) (
13:29 ) ;
which did eat of my bread;
of his bread in common with the rest of the apostles; and who was
eating with him when he gave the sign who should betray him; and
who seems to have eaten of the bread in the Lord's supper: even
this same person
hath lifted up his heel against me;
by supplanting him, dealing hypocritically with him, and
betraying him into the hands of his enemies: the metaphor is
either taken from an unruly horse throwing his rider, and then
ungenerously spurning at him, and trampling on him; or from
wrestlers, who seek to supplant and trip up each other's heels;
which shows the ingratitude, baseness, and treachery of Judas;
see ( John
13:18 ) .