John 1:17

1:17 For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came about through Jesus Christ.

John 7:19

7:19 Hasn’t Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps the law! Why do you want to kill me?”


tn “But” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied to indicate the implied contrast between the Mosaic law and grace through Jesus Christ. John 1:17 seems to indicate clearly that the Old Covenant (Sinai) was being contrasted with the New. In Jewish sources the Law was regarded as a gift from God (Josephus, Ant. 3.8.10 [3.223]; Pirqe Avot 1.1; Sifre Deut 31:4 §305). Further information can be found in T. F. Glasson, Moses in the Fourth Gospel (SBT).

tn Or “accomplishes”; Grk “does.”

tn Grk “seek.”