Text -- John 17:8 (NET)

17:8 because I have given them the words you have given me. They accepted them and really understand that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Joh 17:8

¹ tn Grk And they.” The conjunction καί (kai, “and”) has not been translated here in keeping with the tendency of contemporary English style to use shorter sentences.

² tn Or “received.”

³ tn The word “them” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context.

⁴ tn Or “truly.”

⁵ tn Or have come to know.”