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Great question

God commands all men to repent knowing that we cannot


God also commands us to keep the 10 commandments knowing that we cannot

 

But doesn’t God already know this?

yes

the answer is that He wants us to know and understand that we cannot

that’s why it’s called grace and mercy

 

John 13:2, ". . . And supper being ended, . . .". Luke 22:20, " . . . Likewise also the cup after supper, . . ."
Before Jesus instituted the remembrance Judas dip his hand with Jesus in a dish, Matthew 26:23-26 also Mark 14:20-21. So then Luke 22:19-22. Now following the foot washing done by Jesus, Jesus gives Judas a piece of dipped bread, John 13:24-26.
Of the gospel account writers only Luke wrote in order, ". . . It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, . . ." -- Luke 1:3.

 

Foot washing being a common practice. It would be done by a servant coming in at the beginning, so common it is generally not mentioned.

 

Jesus had already said he was not speaking to all of them that night.

 

That's not what He said. The sun and rain that God sends on the wheat, is that for the tares?

 

Did He not command abstinence from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil of those He knew would fall? Did He not give His law to a people He knew were stiff-necked and gainsaying, and that would break it?

How is the command to repent any different?

 

Where? Mark reported, Mark 14:18, ". . . Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, One of you which eateth with me shall betray me. . . ."

 

You would benefit from reading a Harmony of the Gospels. Read John's account.

 

I have been using Bible harmonies of the 4 gospels over 50 years. And if I am not mistaken one has existed since the second century. And in the mid 90's I did a verse by verse study of the Biblical events from all 4 gospels based on Luke's order of events to discover the actual historical Jewish date of the death burial and resurrection. It, the Scripture is definitive.

 

I disagree with your strained conclusion that Judas, personally, was included as anything more than a tare in the collective body of disciples in Christ's statement, but I have appreciated the knowledge of the biblical manuscripts you've shared on the board.

 

Then you know Jesus had already said he wasn't speaking to all of them when he said "You". So what's the problem?

 

No. Judas was at the Lord's table just as Luke wrote. And John recorded the foot washing Jesus did was after the supper was ended. After which Jesus sent Judas out.
Luke 22:20-21, John 13:2, ". . . supper being ended . . . ." According to the word of God. Not man made tradition.

 

Please show from the text, how the footwashing was after the supper ended.

 

Can you read?

 

Yep I sure can. That's not what John 13:2 says:
2 During supper, when the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him,

The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2016), Jn 13:2.

 

"During" supper in John 13:2 is not according to the word of God. In any case, Judas was at the table according to Luke 22:20-21.