John 6:45

6:45 It is written in the prophets, ‘And they will all be taught by God.’¹ Everyone who hears and learns from the Father² comes to me.

John 8:47

8:47 The one who belongs to³ God listens and responds⁴ to God’s words. You don’t listen and respond,⁵ because you don’t belong to God.”⁶

John 9:15

9:15 So the Pharisees asked him again how he had gained his sight.⁷ He replied,⁸ “He put mud⁹ on my eyes and I washed, and now¹⁰ I am able to see.”

John 9:18

9:18 Now the Jewish religious leaders¹¹ refused to believe¹² that he had really been blind and had gained his sight until at last they summoned¹³ the parents of the man who had become able to see.¹⁴

John 9:31

9:31 We know that God doesn’t listen to¹⁵ sinners, but if anyone is devout¹⁶ and does his will, God¹⁷ listens to¹⁸ him.¹⁹

John 11:37

11:37 But some of them said, “This is the man who caused the blind man to see!²⁰ Couldn’t he have done something to keep Lazarus²¹ from dying?”

John 11:42

11:42 I knew that you always listen to me,²² but I said this²³ for the sake of the crowd standing around here, that they may believe that you sent me.”

John 18:22

18:22 When Jesus²⁴ had said this, one of the high priest’s officers who stood nearby struck him on the face and said,²⁵ “Is that the way you answer the high priest?”

¹sn A quotation from Isa 54:13.

²tn Or “listens to the Father and learns.”

³tn Grk “who is of.”

⁴tn Grk “to God hears” (in the sense of listening to something and responding to it).

⁵tn Grk “you do not hear” (in the sense of listening to something and responding to it).

⁶tn Grk “you are not of God.”

⁵tn Or “how he had become able to see.”

⁶tn Grk “And he said to them.”

⁷tn Or “clay” (moistened earth of a clay-like consistency).

⁸tn The word “now” is not in the Greek text, but is supplied to indicate the contrast between the man’s former state (blind) and his present state (able to see).

⁷tn Or “the Jewish religious authorities”; Grk “the Jews.” In NT usage the term ᾿Ιουδαῖοι (Ioudaioi) may refer to the entire Jewish people, the residents of Jerusalem and surrounding territory, the authorities in Jerusalem, or merely those who were hostile to Jesus. (For further information see R. G. Bratcher, “‘The Jews’ in the Gospel of John,” BT 26 [1975]: 401-9.) Here the phrase refers mainly to the Pharisees, mentioned by name in John 9:13, 15, 16. References in this context to Pharisees and to the synagogue (v. 22) suggest an emphasis on the religious nature of the debate which is brought out by the translation “the Jewish religious leaders.”

⁸tn The Greek text contains the words “about him” at this point: “the Jewish authorities did not believe about him…”

⁹tn Grk “they called.”

¹⁰tn Or “the man who had gained his sight.”

⁹tn Grk “God does not hear.”

¹⁰tn Or “godly.”

¹¹tn Grk “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹²tn Or “hears.”

¹³tn Grk “this one.”

¹¹tn Grk “who opened the eyes of the blind man” (“opening the eyes” is an idiom referring to restoration of sight).

¹²tn Grk “this one”; the second half of 11:37 reads Grk “Could not this one who opened the eyes of the blind have done something to keep this one from dying?” In the Greek text the repetition of “this one” in 11:37b referring to two different persons (first Jesus, second Lazarus) could confuse a modern reader. Thus the first reference, to Jesus, has been translated as “he” to refer back to the beginning of v. 37, where the reference to “the man who caused the blind man to see” is clearly a reference to Jesus. The second reference, to Lazarus, has been specified (“Lazarus”) in the translation for clarity.

¹³tn Grk “that you always hear me.”

¹⁴tn The word “this” is not in the Greek text. Direct objects in Greek were often omitted when clear from the context.

¹⁵tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁶tn Grk “one of the high priest’s servants standing by gave Jesus a strike, saying.” For the translation of ῥάπισμα (rJapisma), see L&N 19.4.