John 1:15

1:15 John ¹  testified ²  about him and shouted out, ³  “This one was the one about whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is greater than I am, ⁴  because he existed before me.’”

John 18:18

18:18 (Now the slaves ⁵  and the guards ⁶  were standing around a charcoal fire they had made, warming themselves because it was cold. ⁷  Peter also was standing with them, warming himself.) ⁸ 

John 19:20

19:20 Thus many of the Jewish residents of Jerusalem ⁹  read this notice, ¹⁰  because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the notice was written in Aramaic, ¹¹  Latin, and Greek.

[1:15]  ¹ sn John refers to John the Baptist.

[1:15]  ² tn Or “bore witness.”

[1:15]  ³ tn Grk “and shouted out saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant is English and has not been translated.

[1:15]  ⁴ tn Or “has a higher rank than I.”

[18:18]  ⁵ tn See the note on the word “slaves” in 4:51.

[18:18]  ⁶ tn That is, the “guards of the chief priests” as distinguished from the household slaves of Annas.

[18:18]  ⁷ tn Grk “because it was cold, and they were warming themselves.”

[18:18]  ⁸ sn This is a parenthetical note by the author.

[19:20]  ⁹ tn Grk “the Jews.” Here the phrase refers to the residents of Jerusalem in general. See also the note on the phrase Jewish religious leaders” in v. 7.

[19:20]  ¹⁰ tn Or “this inscription.”

[19:20]  ¹¹ tn Grk “in Hebrew.”