John 13:20 (YLT)

Passage

verily, verily, I say to you, he who is receiving whomsoever I may send, doth receive me; and he who is receiving me, doth receive Him who sent me.'

Nearby Context

John 13:18 not concerning you all do I speak; I have known whom I chose for myself; but that the Writing may be fulfilled: He who is eating the bread with me, did lift up against me his heel.

John 13:19 `From this time I tell you, before its coming to pass, that, when it may come to pass, ye may believe that I am <FI>he<Fi> ;

John 13:20 verily, verily, I say to you, he who is receiving whomsoever I may send, doth receive me; and he who is receiving me, doth receive Him who sent me.'

John 13:21 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;'

John 13:22 the disciples were looking, therefore, one at another, doubting concerning whom he speaketh.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "verily", "receiving", "whomsoever", "send", "doth", and "receive". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "verily" and "receiving", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 19's "From this time I tell you before..." into verse 21's "These things having said Jesus was troubled...", so "verily" and "receiving" 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 "verily" and "receiving" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.