the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — dative singular masculine
one
εἷςheis
G1520
one · adjective — nominative singular masculine
by
κατὰkata
G2596
(prepositionally) down (in place or time) · preposition
one
εἷς·heis
G1520
one · adjective — nominative singular masculine
it
μήτιmēti
G3385
whether at all · particle — negative
I
ἐγώegō
G1473
I · personal pronoun — 1st person nominative singular
and
καὶkai
G2532
and · conjunction
another
ἄλλος,allos
G243
"else · adjective — nominative singular masculine
it
μήτιmēti
G3385
whether at all · particle — negative
I
ἐγώ;egō
G1473
I · personal pronoun — 1st person nominative singular
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).
Cross-references
Matthew 26:22 And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them to say unto him, Lord, is it I?
Luke 22:21-23 But, behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table.
John 13:22 Then the disciples looked one on another, doubting of whom he spake.
Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).
Commentary
Matthew Henry on Mark 14:12-31
In these verses we have,
I. Christ's eating the passover with his disciples, the night before he died, with the joys and comforts of which ordinance he prepared himself for his approaching sorrows, the full prospect of which did not indispose him for that solemnity. Note, No apprehension of trouble, come or coming, should put us by, or put us out of frame for, our attendance on holy ordinances, as we have opportunity for it.
1. Christ ate the passover at the usual time when the other Jews did, as Dr. Whitby had fully made out, and not, as Dr. Hammond would have it, the night before. It was on the first day of that feast, which (taking in all the eight days of the feast) was called, The feast…
And another said, Is it I? - This clause is wanting in BCLP, seventeen others, Syriac, Persic, Arabic, Coptic, Ethiopic, Vulgate, and four of the Itala. Griesbach leaves it doubtful: others leave it out.
John Gill on Mark 14:19
And they began to be sorrowful,.... And were so, all but Judas, at this saying of Christ's:
and to say unto him, one by one; even till it came to Judas himself,
is it I? that shall betray thee;
and another said, is it I? This clause is wanting in the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Arabic, Persic, and Ethiopic versions, and in two of Beza's copies; and indeed seems to be redundant, since the disciples are said before to express themselves in this manner, one by one; See Gill on Matthew 26:22.
John Calvin on Mark 14:18-21
Mark 14:18-21
Matthew 26:21-25
Mark 14:18-21
Luke 22:15-16,21-23
21. And while they were eating, he said, Verily I tell you, That one of you will betray me. 22. And they became exceedingly sorrowful, and began every one of them to say to him, Lord, is it I? 23. But he answering said, He who hath dipped his hand with me in the dish will betray me. 24. The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him; but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! It would have been good for that man if he had not been born. 25. And Judas, who betrayed him, answering, said, Rabbi is it I? [181] He said to him, Thou hast said it.
18. And while they were sitting at table and eating, Jesus said,…
The Church Fathers
But they began to be sorrowful, and to say to him one by one, "Is it I?" And surely the eleven apostles knew that they were not contemplating anything like this against the Lord, but they trusted the teacher more than themselves; and fearing their own weakness, they sorrowfully inquired about a sin of which they had no consciousness.
All the disciples then are touched by the Lord; so that there is amongst them the harmony of the harp, all the well attuned strings answer with accordant tone; for it goes on: And they began to be sorrowful, and to say unto him one by one, Is it I? One of them however, unstrung, and steeped in the love of money, said, Is it I, Lord? as Matthew testifies.
And being exceedingly saddened they began each one to say: Is it I, Lord?. But someone will ask: if the eleven apostles were of good conscience (since they were clean of any betrayal of their master), why were they saddened at the hearing of it, as though it could come to pass that one of them was he of whom it was spoken? But I judge that each of the disciples knew, from those things which Jesus had taught, that human nature is changeable and turnable to evil, and that in the struggle "against the principalities and powers and rulers of this world of darkness" it can come to pass that a man falls, either circumvented or having suffered force from the adversary powers to the accomplishing of evil. Considering this, therefore, each of the disciples, lest perhaps he himself were the one who had been foreknown as the betrayer, were saddened greatly, because it had been said to them: one of you will betray me, and they began to say, as though each one not knowing what was to be concerning himself: Is it I, Lord? And if it has reason that for this cause each of them, fearing, said: Is it I, Lord, then concerning all future things it must be feared by us who are weak, who have not yet received the wisdom of perfection, according to which the apostle says: "for I am confident that neither death nor life" and the rest "can separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus". But he who is not yet perfect doubts concerning himself, as though he too could fall; according to which human weakness Paul, writing to the Corinthians, said: "but I chastise my body and bring it into servitude, lest perhaps, having preached to others, I myself be made reprobate". And see: what he says, "lest perhaps, having preached to others, I myself be made reprobate", he so pronounces as one fearing, lest perhaps he too could both fall and become reprobate; but what he said, "I am confident" and the rest, is of a confident and firm man on account of his perfection, since a thousand contrary things have not the strength to separate him "from the love of Christ". But that the apostles were still weak and rightly feared is manifest from that which he says who knew the purpose of each one, that "you shall all suffer scandal in me in this night". And that one who purposes better things is sometimes turned aside to malice, conquered in the struggle of the contrary powers, is manifest…
Dictionary and topics
Prophecy — Or prediction, was one of the functions of the prophet. It has been defined as a “miracle of knowledge, a declaration or description or representation of something future, beyond the power of human…
Craftiness · .Jews, in seeking to entangle the Master — .Jews, in seeking to entangle the Master
Self-Examination · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).
The disciples were shocked and saddened, asking, Am I the one? This is the first they had heard that Jesus would be betrayed (though the reader has known it since 3:19). Jesus maintained his betrayer’s anonymity.