John 1:27

1:27 who is coming after me. I am not worthy ¹  to untie the strap ²  of his sandal!”

John 16:32

16:32 Look, a time ³  is coming – and has come – when you will be scattered, each one to his own home, ⁴  and I will be left alone. ⁵  Yet ⁶  I am not alone, because my Father ⁷  is with me.

[1:27]  ¹ tn Grk “of whom I am not worthy.”

[1:27]  ² tn The term refers to the leather strap or thong used to bind a sandal. This is often viewed as a collective singular and translated as a plural, “the straps of his sandals,” but it may be more emphatic to retain the singular here.

[16:32]  ³ tn Grk “an hour.”

[16:32]  ⁴ tn Grk “each one to his own”; the word “home” is not in the Greek text but is implied. The phrase “each one to his own” may be completed in a number of different ways: “each one to his own property”; “each one to his own family”; or “each one to his own home.” The last option seems to fit most easily into the context and so is used in the translation.

[16:32]  ⁵ sn The proof of Jesus’ negative evaluation of the disciples’ faith is now given: Jesus foretells their abandonment of him at his arrest, trials, and crucifixion (I will be left alone). This parallels the synoptic accounts in Matt 26:31 and Mark 14:27 when Jesus, after the last supper and on the way to Gethsemane, foretold the desertion of the disciples as a fulfillment of Zech 13:7: “Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.” Yet although the disciples would abandon Jesus, he reaffirmed that he was not alone, because the Father was still with him.

[16:32]  ⁶ tn Grk “And” (but with some contrastive force).

[16:32]  ⁷ tn Grk “the Father.”