John 13:21

Contemporary English Version

After Jesus had said these things, he was deeply troubled and told his disciples, "I tell you for certain that one of you will betray me."

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
After Jesus said these things, he felt very troubled. He said openly, "Believe me when I say that one of you will hand me over to my enemies."

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
When Iesus had thus sayd he was troubled in the sprete and testified sayinge: verely verely I saye vnto you that one of you shall betraye me.

Hebrew Names Version
When Yeshua had said this, he was troubled in the spirit, and testified, "Most assuredly I tell you that one of you will betray me."

International Standard Version
After saying this, Jesus was deeply troubled in spirit and declared solemnly, "Truly, truly I tell you, one of you is going to betray me!"Matthew 26:21; Mark 14:18; Luke 22:21; John 12:27; Acts 1:17; 1 John 2:19;">[xr]

New American Standard Bible
When Jesus had said these things, He became troubled in spirit, and testified and said, "Truly, truly I say to you that one of you will betray Me."

New Century Version
After Jesus said this, he was very troubled. He said openly, "I tell you the truth, one of you will turn against me."

Update Bible Version
When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in the spirit, and testified, and said, Truly, truly, I say to you, that one of you shall betray me.

Webster's Bible Translation
When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say to you, that one of you will betray me.

English Standard Version
After saying these things, Jesus was troubled in his spirit, and testified, "Truly, truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me."

World English Bible
When Jesus had said this, he was troubled in the spirit, and testified, "Most assuredly I tell you that one of you will betray me."

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Jesus having said this, was troubled in spirit, and testified, and said, Verily I say unto you, one of you will betray me.

Weymouth's New Testament
After speaking thus Jesus was troubled in spirit and said with deep earnestness, "In most solemn truth I tell you that one of you will betray me."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Whanne Jhesus hadde seid these thingis, he was troblid in spirit, and witnesside, and seide, Treuli, treuli, Y seie to you, that oon of you schal bitraye me.

English Revised Version
When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in the spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.

Berean Standard Bible
After Jesus had said this, He became troubled in spirit and testified, "Truly, truly, I tell you, one of you will betray Me."

Amplified Bible
After Jesus had said these things, He was troubled in spirit, and testified and said, "I assure you and most solemnly say to you, one of you will betray Me and hand Me over."

American Standard Version
When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in the spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.

Bible in Basic English
When Jesus had said this he was troubled in spirit, and gave witness, saying, Truly I say to you, that one of you will be false to me.

Complete Jewish Bible
After saying this, Yeshua, in deep anguish of spirit, declared, "Yes, indeed! I tell you that one of you will betray me."

Darby Translation
Having said these things, Jesus was troubled in spirit, and testified and said, Verily, verily, I say to you, that one of you shall deliver me up.

Etheridge Translation
These said Jeshu, and was agitated in his spirit, and testified, and said, Amen, amen, I say to you, That one of you shall betray me.

Murdock Translation
These things said Jesus, and he was agitated in his spirit; and he testified, and said: Verily, verily, I say to you, That one of you will betray me.

King James Version (1611)
When Iesus had thus sayd, hee was troubled in spirit, and testified, and said, Uerily, verily I say vnto you, that one of you shall betray me.

New Living Translation
Now Jesus was deeply troubled, and he exclaimed, "I tell you the truth, one of you will betray me!"

New Life Bible
When Jesus had said this, He was troubled in heart. He told them in very plain words, saying, "For sure, I tell you, one of you is going to hand Me over to the leaders of the country."

New Revised Standard
After saying this Jesus was troubled in spirit, and declared, "Very truly, I tell you, one of you will betray me."

Geneva Bible (1587)
When Iesus had sayd these things, he was troubled in the Spirit, and testified, and said, Verely, verely I say vnto you, that one of you shall betray me.

George Lamsa Translation
Jesus said these things, and he was disturbed in spirit, and testified and said, Truly, truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
These things, having said, Jesus, was troubled in spirit, and bare witness, and said - Verily, verily, I say unto you - One from among you, will deliver me up.

Douay-Rheims Bible
When Jesus had said these things, he was troubled in spirit; and he testified, and said: Amen, amen, I say to you, one of you shall betray me.

Revised Standard Version
When Jesus had thus spoken, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, "Truly, truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me."

Bishop's Bible (1568)
When Iesus had thus sayde, he was troubled in spirite, and testified, & saide: Ueryly, veryly, I say vnto you, that one of you shall betray me.

Good News Translation
After Jesus had said this, he was deeply troubled and declared openly, "I am telling you the truth: one of you is going to betray me."

Christian Standard Bible®
When Jesus had said this, he was troubled in his spirit and testified, “Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me.”

King James Version
When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.

Lexham English Bible
When he had said these things, Jesus was troubled in spirit and testified and said, "Truly, truly I say to you that one of you will betray me."

Literal Translation
Saying these things, Jesus was troubled in spirit and testified and said, Indeed I tell you truly that one of you will betray Me.

Young's Literal Translation
These things having said, Jesus was troubled in the spirit, and did testify, and said, `Verily, verily, I say to you, that one of you will deliver me up;'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Whan Iesus had thus sayde, he was heuy in sprete, and testified, and sayde: Verely verely I saye vnto you: One amonge you shal betraye me.

Mace New Testament (1729)
When Jesus utter'd these words, he was troubled in spirit, and said without disguise, I assure you, that one of you shall betray me.

THE MESSAGE
After he said these things, Jesus became visibly upset, and then he told them why. "One of you is going to betray me."

New English Translation
When he had said these things, Jesus was greatly distressed in spirit, and testified, "I tell you the solemn truth, one of you will betray me."

New King James Version
When Jesus had said these things, He was troubled in spirit, and testified and said, "Most assuredly, I say to you, one of you will betray Me."

Simplified Cowboy Version
Jesus got real quiet then, and a troubled look came over his face. He looked around and said, "It's a fact, one of you is about to shoot me in the back."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
When Jesus had said this, He became troubled in spirit, and testified and said, "Truly, truly, I say to you, that one of you will betray Me."

Legacy Standard Bible
When Jesus had said these things, He became troubled in spirit, and bore witness and said, "Truly, truly, I say to you, that one of you will betray Me."

Contextual Overview

¹⁸ I am not talking about all of you. I know the ones I have chosen. But what the Scriptures say must come true. And they say, "The man who ate with me has turned against me!" ¹⁹ I am telling you this before it all happens. Then when it does happen, you will believe who I am. ²⁰ I tell you for certain that anyone who welcomes my messengers also welcomes me, and anyone who welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. ²¹ After Jesus had said these things, he was deeply troubled and told his disciples, "I tell you for certain that one of you will betray me." ²² They were confused about what he meant. And they just stared at each other. ²³ Jesus' favorite disciple was sitting next to him at the meal, ²⁴ and Simon motioned for that disciple to find out which one Jesus meant. ²⁵ So the disciple leaned toward Jesus and asked, "Lord, which one of us are you talking about?" ²⁶ Jesus answered, "I will dip this piece of bread in the sauce and give it to the one I was talking about." Then Jesus dipped the bread and gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. ²⁷ Right then Satan took control of Judas. Jesus said, "Judas, go quickly and do what you have to do."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

he was: John 11:33, John 11:35, John 11:38, John 12:27, Matthew 26:38, Mark 3:5, Acts 17:16, Romans 9:2, Romans 9:3, 2 Corinthians 2:12, 2 Corinthians 2:13

one: John 13:2, John 13:18, Matthew 26:21, Mark 14:18, Luke 22:21, Luke 22:22, Acts 1:16, Acts 1:17, 1 John 2:19

Reciprocal: Psalms 139:3 - and art acquainted Matthew 5:18 - verily Matthew 26:20 - when John 1:51 - Verily John 6:70 - and one John 13:11 - General

Gill's Notes on the Bible

When Jesus had thus said,.... Having spoken of the mission of his disciples by him, of their reception among men, and the notice that would be taken of it by him:

he was troubled in spirit; in his soul, which shows him to be truly and really man, and to have an human soul, which some have denied; and that to be of like passions with ours, only without sin: he was troubled, not at what he had said, but at what he was about to say concerning the betrayer; and that not so much on his own account, because of the danger, the sorrows, and sufferings he should be exposed to, as on account of the horrible blackness of the crime, and the vengeance that would fall upon the criminal; and being thus inwardly distressed at this affair,

he testified and said: he spake out openly and plainly, what he had before secretly intimated, and that with the greatest certainty:

verily, verily, I say unto you; it is truth, it may be believed, however unexpected and strange it may seem to be:

that one of you shall betray me; to the chief priests and elders, in order to be put to death.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Troubled in spirit - See John 12:27. The reason of his trouble here was that Judas, a professed friend, was about to betray him. He doubtless foresaw the deep and dreadful sorrows of his approaching death, and was also deeply affected with the ingratitude and wickedness of a professed friend. Jesus was man as well as God, and he felt like other men. His human nature shrank from suffering, and his tender sensibilities were affected not less deeply than would be those of other men by baseness and treason.

Testified - He bore witness to the truth; openly declared what he had before intimated - that one of them would betray him.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse John 13:21. Was troubled in spirit. — John 11:33.

And testified — Spoke with great earnestness.

Shall betray me. — παραδωσει με, Will deliver me up. Judas had already betrayed our blessed Lord, and he was now on the point of delivering him up into the hands of the chief priests. By all these warnings, did not our Lord intend that Judas should be benefited?-that he should repent of his iniquity, and turn and find mercy?