Mark 14:18

While they were at the table ¹  eating, Jesus said, “I tell you the truth, ²  one of you eating with me will betray me.” ³ 

Ps 41:9; Ps 55:13,14; Mt 5:18; Mt 6:2,5,16; Mt 26:21; Mr 3:28; Mr 6:11; Mr 8:12; Mr 9:1,41; Mr 10:15,29; Mr 14:9,25; Lu 4:24; Lu 11:51; Joh 1:51; Joh 3:3,5,11; Joh 5:19,24,25; Joh 6:26,32,47; Joh 6:70; Joh 13:21; Joh 13:38; Joh 21:18

¹ tn Grk “while they were reclined at the table.”

sn 1st century middle eastern meals were not eaten while sitting at a table, but while reclining on one’s side on the floor with the head closest to the low table and the feet farthest away.

² tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

³ tn Or “will hand me over”; Grk “one of you will betray me, the one who eats with me.”