John 13:26 (DRB)

Passage

Jesus answered: He it is to whom I shall reach bread dipped. And when he had dipped the bread, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.

Nearby Context

John 13:24 Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him and said to him: Who is it of whom he speaketh?

John 13:25 He therefore, leaning on the breast of Jesus, saith to him: Lord, who is it?

John 13:26 Jesus answered: He it is to whom I shall reach bread dipped. And when he had dipped the bread, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.

John 13:27 And after the morsel, Satan entered into him. And Jesus said to him: That which thou dost, do quickly.

John 13:28 Now no man at the table knew to what purpose he said this unto him.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "jesus", "answered", "shall", "reach", "bread", and "dipped". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "jesus" and "answered", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 25's "He therefore leaning on the breast of..." into verse 27's "And after the morsel Satan entered into...", so "jesus" and "answered" belong inside that flow. In John context, the local focus is the identity of Jesus, new birth, eternal life, and belief and unbelief.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "jesus" and "answered" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.