25. Itaque cum recubuisset 25. He therefore leaning on ille supra pectus Iesu, dicit the breast of Jesus saith to ei: Domine quis est! him: Lord, who is it? 25. If St. Peter supposed that St. John already knew who the traitor was, he was mistaken, as we see by this verse. *He therefore leaning on.* The best‐supported Greek reading would be rendered thus: _He leaning back, as he was, on_ &c. (ἀναπεσὼν ἐκεῖνος οὕτως ἐπί). From his reclining position, St. John had merely to lean a little farther back in order to rest his head on His Divine Master’s breast. Thus “as he was,” _i.e._, without changing his position at table, by merely leaning back, he was not only close to the _bosom_ of Jesus, but was on His breast, and could whisper his question. All the fathers speak of the privilege conferred upon St. John on this occasion in his being admitted to such familiarity with his Divine Master. 26. Respondit Iesus: Ille est 26. Jesus answered: He it is cui ego intinctum panem to whom I shall reach bread porrexero. Et cum intinxisset dipped. And when he had dipped panem, dedit Iudae Simonis the bread, he gave it to Judas Iscariotae. Iscariot, _the son_ of Simon. 26. If we suppose the bread which was handed to Judas to have been dipped in the Charoseth (חרוסת) a kind of sauce used at the Paschal Supper, then the meats of the Paschal Supper must have been still upon the table. This there is no difficulty in admitting, even if the ordinary supper, following upon the Paschal Supper, had already been partaken of. 27. Et post buccellam, 27. And after the morsel, introivit in eim Satanas. Et Satan entered into him. And dixit ei Iesus; Quod facis, Jesus said to him: That which fac citius. thou dost, do quickly. 27. After the morsel had been given to Judas, “Satan entered into him;” that is to say, Judas now revealed as a traitor, at least to St. John, became still more confirmed in his evil purpose. The words are generally understood not as implying corporal possession of Judas by the devil, but as signifying that the devil now gained full control over him in reference to the crime contemplated. *And Jesus said to him: That which thou dost, do quickly*, again intimating that He knew the traitor’s thoughts, and at the same time manifesting His own readiness to suffer. These words of our Lord do not contain a command or permission to Judas to commit the crime: but, taking for granted the traitor’s fixed determination “That which thou dost,” _i.e._, hast determined to do, they show Christ’s readiness and eagerness to begin to drink of the chalice that awaited Him. 28. Hoc autem nemo scivit 28. Now no man at the table discumbentium ad quid dixerit knew to what purpose he said ei. this unto him.