John 6:65

6:65 So Jesus added, ¹  “Because of this I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has allowed him to come.” ² 

John 11:13

11:13 (Now Jesus had been talking about ³  his death, but they ⁴  thought he had been talking about real sleep.) ⁵ 

John 12:50

12:50 And I know that his commandment is eternal life. ⁶  Thus the things I say, I say just as the Father has told me.” ⁷ 

¹ tn Grk “And he said”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Grk “unless it has been permitted to him by the Father.”

³ tn Or “speaking about.”

⁴ tn Grk “these.”

⁵ tn Grk “the sleep of slumber”; this is a redundant expression to emphasize physical sleep as opposed to death.

⁵ tn Or “his commandment results in eternal life.”

⁶ tn Grk “The things I speak, just as the Father has spoken to me, thus I speak.”