John 21:20

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Peter turned and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them. This was the one who had leaned against Jesus at the supper and asked, 'Lord, who is going to betray you?'

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἐπιστραφεὶς δὲ, ὁ Πέτρος, βλέπει τὸν μαθητὴν ὃν ἠγάπα ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἀκολουθοῦντα· ὃς καὶ ἀνέπεσεν ἐν τῷ δείπνῳ ἐπὶ τὸ στῆθος αὐτοῦ, καὶ εἶπεν, Κύριε, τίς ἐστιν ὁ παραδιδούς σε;

Transliteration

Epistrafheis de, the Petros, blepei the mathētēn whom ēgapa the Iēsous akolouthounta; who also anepesen in the deipnō upon the stēthos autou, and eipen, Kyrie, who estin the paradidous you?

Grammar Details

• *Epistrafheis*: aorist passive participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having turned around
• *de*: postpositive particle - and/but
• *Petros*: nominative, masculine, singular - Peter
• *blepei*: present active indicative, 3rd person singular - sees
• *mathētēn*: accusative, masculine, singular - disciple
• *hon*: relative pronoun, accusative, masculine, singular - whom
• *ēgapa*: imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular - was loving
• *Iēsous*: nominative, masculine, singular - Jesus
• *akolouthounta*: present active participle, accusative, masculine, singular - following
• *hos*: relative pronoun, nominative, masculine, singular - who
• *kai*: conjunction/adverb - also
• *anepesen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - reclined
• *en*: preposition with dative - in
• *deipnō*: dative, neuter, singular - supper
• *epi*: preposition with accusative - upon
• *stēthos*: accusative, neuter, singular - breast/chest
• *autou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of him
• *eipen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - said
• *Kyrie*: vocative, masculine, singular - Lord
• *tis*: interrogative pronoun, nominative, masculine, singular - who
• *estin*: present active indicative, 3rd person singular - is
• *paradidous*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - betraying
• *se*: accusative, singular - you

Word Meanings

• *Epistrafheis*: having turned around/having turned back
• *blepei*: sees/notices/observes
• *ēgapa*: was loving (agapaō - deeper, spiritual love)
• *akolouthounta*: following/coming after
• *anepesen*: reclined/leaned back
• *deipnō*: supper/dinner/meal
• *stēthos*: breast/chest
• *paradidous*: betraying/handing over/delivering up

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following; which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said, Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee?

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Then Peter, turning around, saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following, who also leaned on his breast at supper and said, Lord, who is the one that betrays you?

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following; which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said, Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee?

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  {G1161} Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following; who also leaned back on his breast at the supper, and said, Lord, who is he that betrayeth thee?

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following; which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said, Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee?

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Peter turned about and sawe that disciple who Iesus loved folowynge: which also lened on his brest at supper and sayde: Lorde which is he yt shall betraye the?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Peter turned him aboute, and sawe the disciple folowinge, whom Iesus loued, ( which also leaned vpo his brest at the supper, and sayde: LORDE, who is it that betrayeth the)?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then Peter turned about, and sawe the disciple whom Iesvs loued, folowing, which had also leaned on his breast at supper, and had saide, Lorde, which is he that betrayeth thee?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Peter turned about, and sawe the disciple, whom Iesus loued, folowyng, which also leaned on his brest at supper, and sayde, Lorde which is he that betrayeth thee?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following; which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said, Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Then Peter, turning around, saw a disciple following. This was the disciple whom Jesus sincerely loved, the one who had also leaned on Jesus' breast at the supper and asked, "Lord, who is going to betray You?"

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And Peter having turned about doth see the disciple whom Jesus was loving following, (who also reclined in the supper on his breast, and said, `Sir, who is he who is delivering thee up?')

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following; who also leaned back on his breast at the supper, and said, Lord, who is he that betrayeth thee?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following; who also leaned back on his breast at the supper, and said, Lord, who is he that betrayeth thee?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Then Peter, turning round, saw the disciple who was dear to Jesus coming after them--the disciple who was resting on his breast at the last meal, and said, Lord, who is it who will be false to you?

• World English Bible (2000)

  Then Peter, turning around, saw a disciple following. This was the disciple whom Jesus sincerely loved, the one who had also leaned on Jesus' breast at the supper and asked, "Lord, who is going to betray You?"

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Peter and the Disciple Jesus Loved Peter turned around and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them.(This was the disciple who had leaned back against Jesus’ chest at the meal and asked,“Lord, who is the one who is going to betray you?”)

Referenced Verses

• John 21:7 : 7 Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, 'It is the Lord!' When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he tied his outer garment around himself (for he had taken it off) and jumped into the sea.
• John 20:2 : 2 So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and she said to them, 'They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have put him.'
• John 13:23-26 : 23 One of His disciples, the one Jesus loved, was reclining close beside Him. 24 So Simon Peter motioned to him to ask Jesus who it was He was talking about. 25 Leaning back against Jesus, he asked, 'Lord, who is it?' 26 Jesus answered, 'It is the one to whom I will give the piece of bread after I have dipped it.' And having dipped the piece of bread, He gave it to Judas, Simon Iscariot's son.
• John 21:24 : 24 This is the disciple who is testifying about these things and who wrote them down, and we know that his testimony is true.