John 1:15

1:15 John ¹  testified ²  about him and shouted out, ³  “This one was the one about whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is greater than I am, ⁴  because he existed before me.’”

John 18:18

18:18 (Now the slaves ⁵  and the guards ⁶  were standing around a charcoal fire they had made, warming themselves because it was cold. ⁷  Peter also was standing with them, warming himself.) ⁸ 

John 19:20

19:20 Thus many of the Jewish residents of Jerusalem ⁹  read this notice, ¹⁰  because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the notice was written in Aramaic, ¹¹  Latin, and Greek.

¹ sn John refers to John the Baptist.

² tn Or “bore witness.”

³ tn Grk “and shouted out saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant is English and has not been translated.

⁴ tn Or “has a higher rank than I.”

⁵ tn See the note on the word “slaves” in 4:51.

⁶ tn That is, the “guards of the chief priests” as distinguished from the household slaves of Annas.

⁷ tn Grk “because it was cold, and they were warming themselves.”

⁸ sn This is a parenthetical note by the author.

⁹ tn Grk “the Jews.” Here the phrase refers to the residents of Jerusalem in general. See also the note on the phrase Jewish religious leaders” in v. 7.

¹⁰ tn Or “this inscription.”

¹¹ tn Grk “in Hebrew.”