John 1:51

1:51 He continued, ¹  “I tell all of you the solemn truth ²  – you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.” ³ 

John 7:17

7:17 If anyone wants to do God’s will, ⁴  he will know about my teaching, whether it is from God or whether I speak from my own authority. ⁵ 

John 11:51

11:51 (Now he did not say this on his own, ⁶  but because he was high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the Jewish nation, ⁷ 

John 15:21

15:21 But they will do all these things to you on account of ⁸  my name, because they do not know the one who sent me. ⁹ 

¹ tn Grk “and he said to him.”

² tn Grk “Truly, truly, I say to you.”

³ sn The title Son of Man appears 13 times in John’s Gospel. It is associated especially with the themes of crucifixion (3:14; 8:28), revelation (6:27; 6:53), and eschatological authority (5:27; 9:35). The title as used in John’s Gospel has for its background the son of man figure who appears in Dan 7:13-14 and is granted universal regal authority. Thus for the author, the emphasis in this title is not on Jesus’ humanity, but on his heavenly origin and divine authority.

⁴ tn Grk “his will.”

⁵ tn Grk “or whether I speak from myself.”

⁷ tn Grk “say this from himself.”

⁸ tn The word “Jewish” is not in the Greek text, but is clearly implied by the context (so also NIV; TEV “the Jewish people”).

¹⁰ tn Or “because of.”

¹¹ tn Jesus is referring to God as “the one who sent me.”