Exodus 4:8

4:8 “If ¹  they do not believe you or pay attention to ²  the former sign, then they may ³  believe the latter sign. ⁴ 

Luke 2:12

2:12 This ⁵  will be a sign ⁶  for you: You will find a baby wrapped in strips of cloth and lying in a manger.” ⁷ 

John 6:14

6:14 Now when the people saw the miraculous sign that Jesus ⁸  performed, they began to say to one another, “This is certainly the Prophet ⁹  who is to come into the world.” ¹⁰ 

[4:8]  ¹ tn Heb “and it will be if.”

[4:8]  ² tn Heb “listen to the voice of,” meaning listen so as to respond appropriately.

[4:8]  ³ tn The nuance of this perfect tense with a vav (ו) consecutive will be equal to the imperfect of possibility – “they may believe.”

[4:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “believe the voice of the latter sign,” so as to understand and accept the meaning of the event.

[2:12]  ⁵ tn Grk “And this.” Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[2:12]  ⁶ sn The sign functions for the shepherds like Elizabeth’s conception served for Mary in 1:36.

[2:12]  ⁷ tn Or “a feeding trough,” see Luke 2:7.

[6:14]  ⁸ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[6:14]  ⁹ sn The Prophet is a reference to the “prophet like Moses” of Deut 18:15, by this time an eschatological figure in popular belief.

[6:14]  ¹⁰ sn An allusion to Deut 18:15.