after remark, "but not all."
John, the recorder, takes care to explain that Jesus had in mind the
traitor, and, "therefore said he, Ye are not all clean." The guilty
Iscariot had received without protest the Lord's service in the washing
of his recreant feet, though after the ablution he was spiritually more
filthy than before. When Jesus had again sat down, the burden of His
knowledge concerning the treacherous heart of Judas again found
expression. "I speak not of you all," He said, "I know whom I have
chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread
with me hath lifted up his heel against me."[1203] The Lord was intent
on impressing the fact of His foreknowledge as to what was to come, so
that when the terrible development was an accomplished fact, the
apostles would realize that thereby the scriptures had been fulfilled.
Troubled in spirit, He reiterated the dreadful assertion that one of
those present would betray Him. Peter made signs to John, who occupied
the place next to Jesus and was at that moment leaning his head on the
Lord's breast, that he ask which of them was the traitor. To John's
whispered inquiry the Lord replied: "He it is, to whom I shall give a
sop, when I have dipped it."

There was nothing unusual for a person at table, particularly the host,
to dip a piece of bread into the dish of gravy or savory mixture, and
hand it to another. Such action on the part of Jesus attracted no
general attention. He dipped the morsel of bread and gave it to Judas
Iscariot, with the words: "That thou doest, do quickly." The others
understood the Lord's remark as an instruction to Judas to attend to
some duty or go upon some errand of ordinary kind, perhaps to purchase
something for the further celebration of the Passover, or to carry gifts
to some of the poor, for Judas was the treasurer of the party and "had
the bag." But Iscariot understood. His heart was all the more hardened
by the discovery that Jesus knew of his infamous plans, and he was
maddened by the humiliation he felt in the Master's presence. After the
sop, which he had opened his mouth to receive from the Lord's hand,
"Satan entered into him" and asserted malignant mastership. Judas went
out immediately, abandoning forever the blessed company of his brethren
and the Lord. John chronicles the traitor's departure with the terse and
ominous remark, "and it was night."

DISCOURSE FOLLOWING THE SUPPER.

The departure of Judas Isc