John 4:23

4:23 But a time ¹  is coming – and now is here ²  – when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks ³  such people to be ⁴  his worshipers. ⁵ 

John 8:42

8:42 Jesus replied, ⁶  “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I have come from God and am now here. ⁷  I ⁸  have not come on my own initiative, ⁹  but he ¹⁰  sent me.

¹ tn Grk “an hour.”

² tn “Here” is not in the Greek text but is supplied to conform to contemporary English idiom.

³ sn See also John 4:27.

⁴ tn Or “as.” The object-complement construction implies either “as” or “to be.”

⁵ tn This is a double accusative construction of object and complement with τοιούτους (toioutous) as the object and the participle προσκυνοῦντας (proskunounta") as the complement.

⁶ tn Grk “Jesus said to them.”

⁷ tn Or “I came from God and have arrived.”

⁸ tn Grk “For I.” Here γάρ (gar) has not been translated.

⁹ tn Grk “from myself.”

¹⁰ tn Grk “that one” (referring to God).