Matthew Poole and continuators on John 13:26

26 Jesus answered, He it is to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it . And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot the son of Simon .

We have the same, tho not mentioned (as spoken in particular to Iohn) Matth. 26.23. Luke 22.21. tho neither of them mention Christs own dipping the Sop; but Matthew saith, He dipped his hand with him in the dish; and Luke saith, His hand was with him on the table. Without question all the Evangelists speak of the same time; for it is not reasonable to think that this discovery should be made, and Iudas gone out, and that afterward he should return again to eat the Passover. This maketh me very inclinable to think, that tho the washing of the feet might be during the time of a common Supper, preceding the Passover; yet the Supper they were now at was the Passover Supper: where, 1. were none but he and the twelve Disciples. 2. It is plain they were in that leaning posture, not used at common meals, but on the Passover nights, (as Dr. Lightfoot tells us from their Writings.) 3. The discourse passed at the Table is the very same (tho not in words, yet in sense) with that mentioned by Matthew and Luke, at the Passover Supper. 4. It is not reasonable to think, that after such a discovery as Christ now made of the Traitor, he should come again to be pointed at, and exposed. Concerning the Sop what it was, hath been some question; and a Learned Writer of our own, (but in this point I think much too critical) hath increased the difficulty, by affirming the word here used [[non-Latin text not transcribed]] signifies a piece of bread, or the lower part or chippings of the bread; for which he quoteth Hesychius, who indeed doth say so of [non-Latin text not transcribed] but not [non-Latin text not transcribed]. The Learned Annotator thinks, [non-Latin text not transcribed] is a false Print for [non-Latin text not transcribed], but it cannot be: for 1. there are in Hesychius several words in Alphabetical order, between [non-Latin text not transcribed] and this word. 2. Tho [non-Latin text not transcribed] be not in Hesychius, yet [non-Latin text not transcribed] is, and expounded by him [non-Latin text not transcribed] parts; now all know that this [non-Latin text not transcribed], which is but a diminutive derived from [non-Latin text not transcribed] or [non-Latin text not transcribed], can signifie no more, than a little part, let it be of what it will; for it is manifest out of Homer, that joined with an adjective, it signifies a mouth [illegible: 1 word] of mans Flesh, which came out of the Cyclops his mouth. So as the sense of these words is, He it is to whom I shall give a little part or portion of meat, when I have dipt it:

And having dipt it, he gave it to Iudas the Son of Simon: not the Iudas who wrote the Epistle, and who is mentioned, Chap. 14.22. but he that was the son of Simon, called from his place which he lived in [Kiroth] Iscariot, by which he did as perfectly describe the Traytor, as if he had named him.

Marginal references: Or morsel, or little part.