What Does John 13:26 Mean in the King James?
Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The sign that exposes the betrayer is itself a concrete act of giving.
THE MEANING
This verse makes hidden betrayal legible through something concrete: a dipped morsel moves from Jesus’ hand to Judas. Disclosure and giving meet in one gesture, so recognition arrives through the ordinary thing being passed.
THE ROOT
δώσω
dōsō
GROWS FROM
δω-/δο-
Give; δω- and δο- are forms of the Greek giving stem.
“give” in this verse is dōsō. The verb belongs to the same giving family as δῶρον (dōron), “gift,” and δόσις (dosis), “giving.” The answer is not only spoken: it becomes visible through a gift placed in Judas’s hand.
ALSO GROWS
didōmi: give
δίδωμι
The present-form verb from the same Greek giving family makes explicit the action carried by δώσω.
dōron: gift
δῶρον
This related form shows that giving can take the shape of a tangible thing received.
dosis: giving, a gift
δόσις
This noun from the same word family keeps the focus on the act and result of giving.
βάψω
bápsō
GROWS FROM
βαπτ-
Dip, immerse.
“dipped” in this verse is bápsō. John repeats the dipping before the morsel is given, making the preparation part of the visible sign. The same Greek word family appears in words for immersion, linking this small gesture to the physical act of putting something beneath a surface.
ALSO GROWS
báptō: dip
βάπτω
This is the verb’s lexical form and the source of the form βάψω used in the verse.
embáptō: dip into
ἐμβάπτω
The same βαπτ- stem appears in Matthew’s parallel account of the dipped hand.
baptízō: immerse
βαπτίζω
This related form carries the same dipping family into the sense of immersion.
THE PATTERN
What is shared at a table can disclose the relationship between giver and receiver.
And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers: and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and was sufficed, and left.Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,THE THREAD
And he answered and said, He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me.Matthew uses ἐμβάπτω (embáptō), from the same βαπτ- dipping family as John’s βάψω. The parallel makes the dipped food a sign through which the hidden betrayer is disclosed.
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