John Chapter 12 verse 4 Holy Bible
But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples, that should betray him, saith,
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But one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot (who was to give him up), said,
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One of his disciples therefore, Judas [son] of Simon, Iscariote, who was about to deliver him up, says,
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Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, which should betray him,
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Then Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, one of his disciples, who would betray him, said,
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Therefore saith one of his disciples -- Judas Iscariot, of Simon, who is about to deliver him up --
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 4. - But Judas the Iscariot, one of his disciples, who was about to betray him, said. The speaker here is singled out by name. Matthew refers the speech to the disciples generally, in whom the suggestion of Judas had stirred up (without guile or blame on their part) a not unnatural inquiry. Mark says "some" murmured to themselves, "Why this waste?" (loss, destruction). John (without the malice which Renan has attributed to the writer) mentions the source of the suggestion, "Judas Iscariot, Simon's son." The word Σίμωνος, contained in T.R., is omitted here in the best texts. The fact that he was the traitor, being one of the well-known and awful events of the gospel history when John wrote some half a century later, might well be introduced by the evangelist, with no other than a purely historical motive.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(4) Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot.--Comp. Notes on John 6:70-71. St. Matthew tells us that the question was asked by "the disciples;" St. Mark, that it was asked by "certain persons;" St. John remembers that it was Judas who spoke, and he remembers that his words were characteristic of the man (John 12:6). He implies by the form in which he relates these words, that he spoke for himself, and that the others did not join in his feeling.