John 1:22

1:22 Then they said to him, “Who are you? Tell us ¹  so that we can give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”

John 8:13

8:13 So the Pharisees ²  objected, ³  “You testify about yourself; your testimony is not true!” ⁴ 

John 18:34

18:34 Jesus replied, ⁵  “Are you saying this on your own initiative, ⁶  or have others told you about me?”

John 7:4

7:4 For no one who seeks to make a reputation for himself ⁷  does anything in secret. ⁸  If you are doing these things, show yourself to the world.”

John 8:53

8:53 You aren’t greater than our father Abraham who died, are you? ⁹  And the prophets died too! Who do you claim to be?”

John 10:33

10:33 The Jewish leaders ¹⁰  replied, ¹¹  “We are not going to stone you for a good deed ¹²  but for blasphemy, ¹³  because ¹⁴  you, a man, are claiming to be God.” ¹⁵ 

John 14:22

14:22 “Lord,” Judas (not Judas Iscariot) ¹⁶  said, ¹⁷  “what has happened that you are going to reveal ¹⁸  yourself to us and not to the world?”

John 17:5

17:5 And now, Father, glorify me at your side ¹⁹  with the glory I had with you before the world was created. ²⁰ 

John 21:18

21:18 I tell you the solemn truth, ²¹  when you were young, you tied your clothes around you ²²  and went wherever you wanted, but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and others will tie you up ²³  and bring you where you do not want to go.”

[1:22]  ¹ tn The words “Tell us” are not in the Greek but are implied.

[8:13]  ² sn See the note on Pharisees in 1:24.

[8:13]  ³ tn Grk “Then the Pharisees said to him.”

[8:13]  ⁴ sn Compare the charge You testify about yourself; your testimony is not true! to Jesus’ own statement about his testimony in 5:31.

[18:34]  ³ tn Grk “Jesus answered.”

[18:34]  ⁴ tn Grk “saying this from yourself.”

[7:4]  ⁴ tn Or “seeks to be well known.”

[7:4]  ⁵ sn No one who seeks to make a reputation for himself does anything in secret means, in effect: “if you’re going to perform signs to authenticate yourself as Messiah, you should do them at Jerusalem.” (Jerusalem is where mainstream Jewish apocalyptic tradition held that Messiah would appear.)

[8:53]  ⁵ tn Questions prefaced with μή (mh) in Greek anticipate a negative answer. This can sometimes be indicated by using a “tag” at the end in English (here the tag is “are you?”).

[10:33]  ⁶ tn Or “the Jewish authorities”; Grk “the Jews.” Here again the phrase refers to the Jewish leaders. See the notes on the phrase “Jewish people” in v. 19 and “Jewish leaders” in vv. 24, 31.

[10:33]  ⁷ tn Grk “answered him.”

[10:33]  ⁸ tn Or “good work.”

[10:33]  ⁹ sn This is the first time the official charge of blasphemy is voiced openly in the Fourth Gospel (although it was implicit in John 8:59).

[10:33]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “and because.”

[10:33]  ¹¹ tn Grk “you, a man, make yourself to be God.”

[14:22]  ⁷ tn Grk “(not Iscariot).” The proper noun (Judas) has been repeated for clarity and smoothness in English style.

[14:22]  ⁸ tn Grk “said to him.”

[14:22]  ⁹ tn Or “disclose.”

[17:5]  ⁸ tn Or “in your presence”; Grk “with yourself.” The use of παρά (para) twice in this verse looks back to the assertion in John 1:1 that the Word (the Λόγος [Logos], who became Jesus of Nazareth in 1:14) was with God (πρὸς τὸν θεόν, pro" ton qeon). Whatever else may be said, the statement in 17:5 strongly asserts the preexistence of Jesus Christ.

[17:5]  ⁹ tn Grk “before the world was.” The word “created” is not in the Greek text but is implied.

[21:18]  ⁹ tn Grk “Truly, truly, I say to you.”

[21:18]  ¹⁰ tn Or “you girded yourself.”

[21:18]  ¹¹ tn Grk “others will gird you.”