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JOHN 13:27 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
John 13:26John 13:28
“And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly.”
After he received the piece of bread, Satan entered into him. Jesus said to him, 'Do quickly what you are about to do' — Judas's receiving of the bread does not cleanse but corrupts him; Satan enters (eisēlthen) into him as actively destructive force. This is the moment of Judas's full possession by darkness, the point at which his choice to betray becomes irrevocable. Jesus' command—"Do quickly"—is not an exhortation but a release; Judas is no longer held in the community but is freed (or expelled) to fulfill his dark intention. The speed demanded is merciful: let the deed be done swiftly rather than drawn out in suspenseful dread.

Church Fathers on John 13:27

Our Lord after His twofold promise of assistance to the Apostles in their future labors, remembers that the traitor is cut off from both, and is troubled at the thought: When Jesus had thus said, He was troubled in spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say to you, that one of you shall betray Me.

Chrysostom · 4th century

This did not come into His mind then for the first time; but He was now about to make the traitor known, and single him out from the rest, and therefore was troubled in spirit. The traitor too was now just about to go forth to execute his purpose. He was troubled at the thought of His Passion being so near at hand, at the dangers to which His faithful followers would be brought at the hand of the traitor, which were even now impending over Him. Our Lord deigned to be troubled…

Augustine · 4th century

His being troubled in spirit, was the human part, suffering under the excess of the spiritual. For if every Saint lives, acts, and suffers in the spirit, how much more is this true of Jesus, the Rewarder of Saints.

Origen · 3rd century
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