13:30a

The Greek begins this verse with a conjunction that indicates a return to the main story after the parenthetical comment in 13:28–29. Most English translations, including the Berean Standard Bible, do not explicitly translate this word. Indicate this return to the main story in a way that is natural in your language.

As soon as he had received the morsel, Judas went out: The verb received here mean “taking” or “accepting.” Judas accepted the bread that Jesus gave to him.

As soon as…Judas went out: This phrase indicates that Judas at once left the meal and the house where the disciples were eating. Here are other ways to translate this clause:

immediately went outside (God’s Word)
-or-
As soon as Judas had taken the piece of bread he went out. (New Jerusalem Bible)

the morsel: See how you translated this in 13:26a, c.

General Comment on 13:30a

In some languages it may be natural to translate 13:30a using two independent verbs. For example:

Judas accepted the bread and went out at once. (Good News Translation)

13:30b

into the night: This clause indicates that the sun had set and it was now dark. The night in this gospel represents Jesus’ death. See 9:4b and the note there. Not only was it dark when Judas went out, but it was the time for Jesus to die.

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