Matthew Poole and continuators on John 13:20

20 Verily, verily I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I send, receiveth me; and he that receiveth me, receiveth him that sent me .

See the notes on Matth. 10.24. The words of which place are but here repeated: either to commend to them brotherly love, and offices of love, which he had before recommended to them under the notion of washing one anothers feet: Or else to comfort his Disciples who might think that this treacherous villany of Iudas would make them odious to the whole World: No, saith our Saviour, you are my messengers, persons sent by me; I will provide for you, there shall be those who will receive you: and I declare to all the World to incourage them, That I shall take their receiving of you as kindly as if they received me, and it shall turn to the same account, and that is all one as if they had received my Father himself, for he sent me. Some think that by these words Christ aggravateth the sin of Iudas, as being committed against the Father as well as against Christ: and a most treacherous failure as to the duty of an Apostle, or one dignified so much as to be sent out by Christ.

Marginal references: Math. 10.4[illegible: 1 letter].