John 1:29

1:29 On the next day John ¹  saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God ²  who takes away the sin of the world!

John 14:30

14:30 I will not speak with you much longer, ³  for the ruler of this world is coming. ⁴  He has no power over me, ⁵ 

John 17:9

17:9 I am praying ⁶  on behalf of them. I am not praying ⁷  on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those you have given me, because they belong to you. ⁸ 

[1:29]  ¹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (John) has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[1:29]  ² sn Gen 22:8 is an important passage in the background of the title Lamb of God as applied to Jesus. In Jewish thought this was held to be a supremely important sacrifice. G. Vermès stated: “For the Palestinian Jew, all lamb sacrifice, and especially the Passover lamb and the Tamid offering, was a memorial of the Akedah with its effects of deliverance, forgiveness of sin and messianic salvation” (Scripture and Tradition in Judaism [StPB], 225).

[14:30]  ³ tn Grk “I will no longer speak many things with you.”

[14:30]  ⁴ sn The ruler of this world is a reference to Satan.

[14:30]  ⁵ tn Grk “in me he has nothing.”

[17:9]  ⁵ tn Grk “I am asking.”

[17:9]  ⁶ tn Grk “I am not asking.”

[17:9]  ⁷ tn Or “because they are yours.”