John 5:43

5:43 I have come in my Father’s name, and you do not accept ¹  me. If someone else comes in his own name, you will accept ²  him.

John 12:38

12:38 so that the word ³  of Isaiah the prophet would be fulfilled. He said, ⁴  “Lord, who has believed our message, and to whom has the arm of the Lord ⁵  been revealed?” ⁶ 

¹ tn Or “you do not receive.”

² tn Or “you will receive.”

³ tn Or “message.”

⁴ tn Grk “who said.”

⁵ tn “The arm of the Lord” is an idiom for “God’s great power” (as exemplified through Jesus’ miraculous signs). This response of unbelief is interpreted by the author as a fulfillment of the prophetic words of Isaiah (Isa 53:1). The phrase ὁ βραχίων κυρίου (Jo braciwn kuriou) is a figurative reference to God’s activity and power which has been revealed in the sign-miracles which Jesus has performed (compare the previous verse).

⁶ sn A quotation from Isa 53:1.