Text -- John 10:40-42 (NET)

10:40 Jesus went back across the Jordan River again to the place where John had been baptizing at an earlier time, and he stayed there. 10:41 Many came to him and began to say, “John performed no miraculous sign, but everything John said about this man was true!” 10:42 And many believed in Jesus there.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Joh 10:40

¹ tn Grk “He”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn The word “River” is not in the Greek text but is supplied for clarity.

³ sn John refers to John the Baptist.

⁴ tn Grk “formerly.”

sn This refers to the city of Bethany across the Jordan River (see John 1:28).

NET Notes: Joh 10:41

¹ tn Grk “And many.” Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English style, which generally does not, καί (kai) has not been translated here.

² sn John refers to John the Baptist.

³ tn Grk “did.”

⁴ tn Grk “this one.”

NET Notes: Joh 10:42

¹ tn Grk “in him.”