John 8:4

8:4 and said to Jesus, ¹  “Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of adultery.

John 3:10

3:10 Jesus answered, ²  “Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you don’t understand these things? ³ 

John 13:13

13:13 You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and do so correctly, ⁴  for that is what I am. ⁵ 

John 20:16

20:16 Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She ⁶  turned and said to him in Aramaic, ⁷  “Rabboni” ⁸  (which means Teacher). ⁹ 

John 11:28

11:28 And when she had said this, Martha ¹⁰  went and called her sister Mary, saying privately, ¹¹  “The Teacher is here and is asking for you.” ¹² 

John 13:14

13:14 If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you too ought to wash one another’s feet.

John 1:38

1:38 Jesus turned around and saw them following and said to them, “What do you want?” ¹³  So they said to him, “Rabbi” (which is translated Teacher), ¹⁴  “where are you staying?”

John 3:2

3:2 came to Jesus ¹⁵  at night ¹⁶  and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the miraculous signs ¹⁷  that you do unless God is with him.”

¹ tn Grk “to him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Grk “Jesus answered and said to him.”

³ sn Jesus’ question “Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you don’t understand these things?” implies that Nicodemus had enough information at his disposal from the OT scriptures to have understood Jesus’ statements about the necessity of being born from above by the regenerating work of the Spirit. Isa 44:3-5 and Ezek 37:9-10 are passages Nicodemus might have known which would have given him insight into Jesus’ words. Another significant passage which contains many of these concepts is Prov 30:4-5.

³ tn Or “rightly.”

⁴ tn Grk “and I am these things.”

⁴ tn Grk “That one.”

⁵ tn Grk “in Hebrew.”

⁶ sn The Aramaic Rabboni means “my teacher” (a title of respect).

⁷ sn This is a parenthetical note by the author.

⁵ tn Grk “she”; the referent (Martha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁶ tn Or “in secret” (as opposed to publicly, so that the other mourners did not hear).

⁷ tn Grk “is calling you.”

⁶ tn Grk “What are you seeking?”

⁷ sn This is a parenthetical note by the author.

⁷ tn Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁸ tn Or “during the night.”

⁹ sn The reference to signs (σημεῖα, shmeia) forms a link with John 2:23-25. Those people in Jerusalem believed in Jesus because of the signs he had performed. Nicodemus had apparently seen them too. But for Nicodemus all the signs meant is that Jesus was a great teacher sent from God. His approach to Jesus was well-intentioned but theologically inadequate; he had failed to grasp the messianic implications of the miraculous signs.