26:26 While 1 they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after giving thanks he broke it, gave it to his disciples, and said, “Take, eat, this is my body.”
6:1 After this 3 Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee (also called the Sea of Tiberias). 4
1:16 for all things in heaven and on earth were created by him – all things, whether visible or invisible, whether thrones or dominions, 5 whether principalities or powers – all things were created through him and for him.
10:1 For the law possesses a shadow of the good things to come but not the reality itself, and is therefore completely unable, by the same sacrifices offered continually, year after year, to perfect those who come to worship. 7
2:1 Therefore we must pay closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.
1 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
2 tn Grk “And the bread.”
3 tn Again, μετὰ ταῦτα (meta tauta) is a vague temporal reference. How Jesus got from Jerusalem to Galilee is not explained, which has led many scholars (e.g., Bernard, Bultmann, and Schnackenburg) to posit either editorial redaction or some sort of rearrangement or dislocation of material (such as reversing the order of chaps. 5 and 6, for example). Such a rearrangement of the material would give a simple and consistent connection of events, but in the absence of all external evidence it does not seem to be supportable. R. E. Brown (John [AB], 1:236) says that such an arrangement is attractive in some ways but not compelling, and that no rearrangement can solve all the geographical and chronological problems in John.
4 sn This is a parenthetical note by the author. Only John in the New Testament refers to the Sea of Galilee by the name Sea of Tiberias (see also John 21:1), but this is correct local usage. In the mid-20’s Herod completed the building of the town of Tiberias on the southwestern shore of the lake; after this time the name came into use for the lake itself.
5 tn BDAG 579 s.v. κυριότης 3 suggests “bearers of the ruling powers, dominions” here.
6 tn Grk “by which will.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.
7 tn Grk “those who approach.”