3:29 The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom, who stands by and listens for him, rejoices greatly 1 when he hears the bridegroom’s voice. This then is my joy, and it is complete. 2
John 5:30
5:30 I can do nothing on my own initiative. 3 Just as I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, 4 because I do not seek my own will, but the will of the one who sent me. 5
1 tnGrk “rejoices with joy” (an idiom).
2 tnGrk “Therefore this my joy is fulfilled.”
3 tnGrk “nothing from myself.”
4 tn Or “righteous,” or “proper.”
5 tn That is, “the will of the Father who sent me.”