John - 13:24

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24 Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, and said to him, "Tell us who it is of whom he speaks."

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Explanation and meaning of John 13:24.

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Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, that he should ask who it should be of whom he spake.
Simon Peter therefore beckoneth to him, and saith unto him, Tell us who it is of whom he speaketh.
Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, and said to him: Who is it of whom he speaketh?
Simon Peter makes a sign therefore to him to ask who it might be of whom he spoke.
Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, to ask who it should be of whom he spoke.
Simon Peter, then, doth beckon to this one, to inquire who he may be concerning whom he speaketh,
Making a sign therefore to him, Simon Peter said, "Tell us to whom he is referring."
Making a sign to him, Simon Peter said, Who is it he is talking about?
Simon Peter therefore motioned to him to inquire who it was he was talking about.
Therefore, Simon Peter motioned to this one and said to him, "Who is it that he is speaking about?"
So Simon Peter made signs to that disciple, and whispered, "Tell me who it is that he means."

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him,.... Peter perhaps lay at a distance from Christ, or in some such position, that he could not whisper to him himself; and besides, knew that John might use more freedom, as he was admitted to more familiarity with him; and being at some distance also from him, he beckoned to him; which was usually done at meals, when they could not, by reason of their posture, discourse together: this being the case, , "they made signs", by nodding to one another (k); that is, as the gloss explains it, they pointed with their hands and fingers, and by nodding or beckoning; such a method Peter took, signifying his desire,
that he should ask who it should be of whom he spake: which he did not out of mere curiosity, but from an honest intention and pure zeal, that he, with the rest, might show their abhorrence of such a person, and avoid him; and do all that lay in their power to hinder him from putting his designs into execution, and that the innocent might be free from all suspicion.
(k) T. Bab. Beracot ib.

Simon Peter - Behind Jesus, who lay between them.

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