Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - John 13:2
John 13:2. And supper being ended Or, as δειπνου γενομενου should rather be translated, supper, or supper-time, being come, or, while they were at supper, as Dr. Campbell renders it. Thus, John 21:4, πρωιας γενομενης , when morning was come. Acts 12:18; Acts 16:35, ημερας γενομενης , when day was come; and Acts 21:40, σιγης λενομενης , when silence was made: in all which places, and in many more, which might easily be collected from the Greek writers, it would be absurd to... read more
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - John 13:1
John 13:1. Now before the feast of the passover That is, before they began the passover-supper; when Jesus knew Greek, ειδως Ιησους , Jesus having known; that his hour was come The hour which he had long expected; sometimes called his enemies’ hour, the hour of their triumph; sometimes his hour, the hour of his suffering, and of his triumph also; that he should depart out of this world In which he had sojourned for a while; unto the Father With whom he had glory, and who had loved... read more