John 13:25
New International Version
Leaning back against Jesus, he asked him, “Lord, who is it?”

New Living Translation
So that disciple leaned over to Jesus and asked, “Lord, who is it?”

English Standard Version
So that disciple, leaning back against Jesus, said to him, “Lord, who is it?”

Berean Standard Bible
Leaning back against Jesus, he asked, “Lord, who is it?”

Berean Literal Bible
Then he thus having leaned on the breast of Jesus, says to Him, "Lord, who is it?"

King James Bible
He then lying on Jesus' breast saith unto him, Lord, who is it?

New King James Version
Then, leaning back on Jesus’ breast, he said to Him, “Lord, who is it?”

New American Standard Bible
He then simply leaned back on Jesus’ chest and said to Him, “Lord, who is it?”

NASB 1995
He, leaning back thus on Jesus’ bosom, said to Him, “Lord, who is it?”

NASB 1977
He, leaning back thus on Jesus’ breast, said to Him, “Lord, who is it?”

Legacy Standard Bible
He, leaning back thus on Jesus’ bosom, said to Him, “Lord, who is it?”

Amplified Bible
Then leaning back against Jesus’ chest, he (John) asked Him [privately], “Lord, who is it?”

Christian Standard Bible
So he leaned back against Jesus and asked him, “Lord, who is it? ”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So he leaned back against Jesus and asked Him, “Lord, who is it?”

American Standard Version
He leaning back, as he was, on Jesus' breast saith unto him, Lord, who is it?

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And that disciple fell on the breast of Yeshua and said to him, “My Lord, who is it?”

Contemporary English Version
So the disciple leaned toward Jesus and asked, "Lord, which one of us are you talking about?"

Douay-Rheims Bible
He therefore, leaning on the breast of Jesus, saith to him: Lord, who is it?

English Revised Version
He leaning back, as he was, on Jesus' breast saith unto him, Lord, who is it?

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Leaning close to Jesus, that disciple asked, "Lord, who is it?"

Good News Translation
So that disciple moved closer to Jesus' side and asked, "Who is it, Lord?"

International Standard Version
Leaning forward on Jesus' chest, he asked him, "Lord, who is it?"

Literal Standard Version
and that one having leaned back on the breast of Jesus, responds to Him, “Lord, who is it?”

Majority Standard Bible
Leaning back against Jesus, he asked, “Lord, who is it?”

New American Bible
He leaned back against Jesus’ chest and said to him, “Master, who is it?”

NET Bible
Then the disciple whom Jesus loved leaned back against Jesus' chest and asked him, "Lord, who is it?"

New Revised Standard Version
So while reclining next to Jesus, he asked him, “Lord, who is it?”

New Heart English Bible
He, leaning back, as he was, on Jesus' chest, asked him, "Lord, who is it?"

Webster's Bible Translation
He then lying on Jesus' breast, saith to him, Lord, who is it?

Weymouth New Testament
So he, having his head on Jesus's bosom, leaned back and asked, "Master, who is it?"

World English Bible
He, leaning back, as he was, on Jesus’ breast, asked him, “Lord, who is it?”

Young's Literal Translation
and that one having leant back on the breast of Jesus, respondeth to him, 'Sir, who is it?'

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Context
Jesus Predicts His Betrayal
24So Simon Peter motioned to him to ask Jesus which one He was talking about. 25 Leaning back against Jesus, he asked, “Lord, who is it?” 26Jesus answered, “It is the one to whom I give this morsel after I have dipped it.” Then He dipped the morsel and gave it to Judas son of Simon Iscariot.…

Cross References
John 13:24
So Simon Peter motioned to him to ask Jesus which one He was talking about.

John 21:20
Peter turned and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them. He was the one who had leaned back against Jesus at the supper to ask, "Lord, who is going to betray You?"


Treasury of Scripture

He then lying on Jesus' breast said to him, Lord, who is it?

who.

Genesis 44:4-12
And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good? …

Esther 7:5
Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?

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John 13
1. Jesus washes the disciples' feet, and exhorts them to humility and charity.
18. He foretells and discovers to John by a token, that Judas should betray him;
31. commands them to love one another;
36. and forewarns Peter of his denials.














(25) He then lying on Jesus' breast.--Several good authorities, including the Vatican and the Cambridge MSS., insert the word "thus." "He then leaning thus . . . ," describes the action just as it took place (comp. Note on John 4:6); but the balance of authority is against the insertion. The action is, however, exactly described in the original, for the words "lying" and "breast" are both different from those in John 13:23. The English preserves this difference, but hardly conveys the full meaning. There the beloved disciple is described as reclining towards his Master's bosom. Here he leans upon (or leans back upon, as many good authorities read), the Master's breast, and asks Him the question, "Who is it?"

Verse 25. - He, leaning back as he was against the breast of Jesus, saith unto him, Lord, who is it? Meyer explains, "He, raising himself from the κόλπος of Jesus to his breast, nearer to his ear, draws close to him, and asks in a whisper." This turns on the special rendering given by Meyer and others to κόλπος, as meaning the fold of the garment above the girdle, as in Luke 6:38; but the fundamental meaning of κόλπος is bosom, womb, embrace, and this secondary meaning need not be pressed (cf. John 1:18; Luke 16:22, 23).

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Greek
Leaning
ἀναπεσὼν (anapesōn)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 377: From ana and pipto; to fall back, i.e. Lie down, lean back.

back against
οὕτως (houtōs)
Adverb
Strong's 3779: Thus, so, in this manner. Or (referring to what precedes or follows).

Jesus,
Ἰησοῦ (Iēsou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 2424: Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.

he asked,
λέγει (legei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.

“Lord,
Κύριε (Kyrie)
Noun - Vocative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2962: Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master.

who
τίς (tis)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 5101: Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what.

is it?”
ἐστιν (estin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.


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