John 5:18

5:18 For this reason the Jewish leaders ¹  were trying even harder to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was also calling God his own Father, thus making himself equal with God.

John 8:42

8:42 Jesus replied, ²  “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I have come from God and am now here. ³  I ⁴  have not come on my own initiative, ⁵  but he ⁶  sent me.

John 11:4

11:4 When Jesus heard this, he said, “This sickness will not lead to death, ⁷  but to God’s glory, ⁸  so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.” ⁹ 

¹ tn Or “the Jewish authorities”; Grk “the Jews.” See the note on the phrase “Jewish leaders” in v. 10.

² tn Grk “Jesus said to them.”

³ tn Or “I came from God and have arrived.”

⁴ tn Grk “For I.” Here γάρ (gar) has not been translated.

⁵ tn Grk “from myself.”

⁶ tn Grk “that one” (referring to God).

³ tn Grk “This sickness is not to death.”

⁴ tn Or “to God’s praise.”

⁵ sn So that the Son of God may be glorified through it. These statements are highly ironic: For Lazarus, the sickness did not end in his death, because he was restored to life. But for Jesus himself, the miraculous sign he performed led to his own death, because it confirmed the authorities in their plan to kill Jesus (11:47-53). In the Gospel of John, Jesus’ death is consistently portrayed as his ‘glorification’ through which he accomplishes his return to the Father.